[usehackernews]

On Lex Friedman’s podcast with former CIA spy Andrew Bustamante, Andrew stated that the French spy agency is the top in the world with this type espionage.

He said they put all their resources into industrial espionage and it’s pretty much their only focus.

[secfirstmd]

Israel also very blatantly does it.

The US does it also. Can't remember the exact number but contracts above 150 million can occasionally be "helped along" by national level assets.

[deepdriver]

That's where I heard of it too. Apparently this view is shared by others in government as well, as revealed in the Wikileaks diplomatic cable dump.