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If you knew some of your assets had been compromised..

BUT you KNEW that they were compromised BEFORE you put them into service,

and you made changes that allowed you to spy back on the spyers..

you would deny that the assets had been compromised in the first place.

Surely if something was compromised, you'd end the relationship with that supplier? You wouldn't have much incentive, especially cross-border, to bust them in action.

Busting them in action wouldn't be of any worth, feeding them false or misleading information would be. Never underestimate governments and their desire to know as much as possible about their friends and enemies and feed them with information.

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