German intelligence officials Thursday accused Russia of employing spies and Internet technology to obtain industrial secrets that could hurt the German economy, Europe's biggest, and destroy jobs.
The domestic federal intelligence agency, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, said Germany was highly attractive to foreign spies because of its cutting-edge technology and market leadership in several sectors.
"Intelligence agents are setting their sights on an increasingly wide range of targets in the industrial sector and among science and technology," said the Office's 2007 report, unveiled by Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.
Overall, Russia and China were responsible for a good deal of intelligence-gathering activity in Germany, the report said.
But the report singled out Russia in the field of industrial espionage.
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