The Great Train Robbery of 1963 in Buckinghamshire, U.K., was orchestrated by a gang of 15 robbers that devised and executed a well-laid-out plan over the course of several months. Recent estimates have placed the loss of intellectual property (IP) theft in excess of $225 billion and as high as $600 billion per year. The loss of a company s IP, commonly the backbone of an organization, can be a business death knell, or failing that, a severe hurdle.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ip-theft-enables-attackers/145912/