Profs & Pints DC: State-Sponsored Cyber Espionage

Profs and Pints DC presents: “State-Sponsored Cyber Espionage,” an examination of hackers as instruments of economic warfare, with William Akoto, assistant professor at American University’s School of International Service and leading expert on the political economy of cyber conflict.

President Donald Trump has characterized his hardball approach to trade with China as needed partly to protect our nation from online economic espionage. But just how bad is that problem? Is “supply-chain decoupling” through tariffs and export controls going to do much to deter state-sponsored hacking?

Gain a deep understanding of how state-backed hackers operate and hijack markets and trade with Dr. William Akoto, whose work, published and covered in leading journals and news outlets, maps out the links between trade ties, proxy actors, and market reactions in such hacking campaigns.

He’ll talk about how state-backed hackers steal blueprints, jolt stock prices, tilt global trade, and otherwise wreak havoc. You’ll learn…