Spying on US defence technology increases - report

SILICON VALLEY is packed with foreign spies eager to steal technology secrets, according to a report prepared by the Pentagon.

According to Reuters, the Pentagon fears that spies from the Asian-Pacific area are doing overtime to capture US defence secrets.

The Defence Security Service Counterintelligence Office recorded an annual rise of 43 percent in the number of suspicious incidents reported to US authorities. Since 2005 the total number of suspicious foreign contacts climbed to 971, the report said.

One of the best tricks is to make fake business offers and computer hackers to gain information on technology including lasers, sensors, missiles and other systems.

Apparently in one case, a female spy slept with an American translator in a bid to get his computer password. Later, a snooping virus was mysteriously installed in his network. In that case the 'victim' might have had the last laugh as his network had nothing worth sleeping with someone for.