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Lost laptops, emails sent to the wrong address, sensitive documents left on photocopiers, employees walking out of the building with confidential papers or storage media — these are not new sources of leaks, but they remain the most common, the study finds. “Most of these are accidental, not malicious,” Seth says.

Some employees repeat sensitive information on social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook, while others may be overheard in a restaurant or on an airplane. An employee might be shoulder-surfed at a coffee shop or on a train, or lose an unencrypted storage device in a public place, the study observes.

The study also found some methods of leakage that may not be anticipated, such as “print screen” capabilities or photographing of screens on mobile devices. “I know it’s a tired phrase, but we’re talking about human behavior here, and the only way to correct the problem is to correct the behavior.”

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Intelligence agencies already routinely test other states’ networks looking for weaknesses and their techniques are growing more sophisticated every year, it said. Governments must urgently shore up their defenses against industrial espionage and attacks on infrastructure. It said China has been blamed for attacks in the United States, India, and Germany. “The Chinese were first to use cyberattacks for political and military goals,” James Mulvenon, director of the Center for Intelligence and Research in Washington, was quoted as saying in the report.

The report was compiled with input from academics and officials from Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and NATO.

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