Spying on US defence technology increases

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.