While most enterprises are becoming more aware of threats like ransomware and DDoS attacks, very few know that they are also at risk of economic espionage; much less of associated tools like espionage-as-a-service offerings that attackers can easily avail of in the Deep Web.
Countries like the United States that spend on average 2–3% of their GDP every year on R&D for new products, services, or technologies stand to lose billions of dollars to economic espionage.