Designer Seeds Thought To Be Latest Target By Chinese 164
An anonymous reader writes "Economic espionage is nothing new but one of the biggest areas being targeted now is agriculture. Here's a story about a FBI investigation to track down theft of seeds from research farms. 'The case of the missing corn seeds first broke in May 2011 when a manager at a DuPont research farm in east-central Iowa noticed a man on his knees, digging up the field. When confronted, the man, Mo Hailong, who was with his colleague Wang Lei, appeared flushed. Mr. Mo told the manager that he worked for the University of Iowa and was traveling to a conference nearby. When the manager paused to answered his cellphone, the two men sped off in a car, racing through a ditch to get away, federal authorities said.'"
Economic or Military? (Score:5, Interesting)
A major war between modern powers could be more effectively "won" with biological weapons than nuclear ones. Come up with something that will decimate the primary crop of the enemy nation (or even specific variations on that crop which might be planted en masse by Monsanto) and you severely weaken the country.
Re:Boycott (Score:5, Interesting)
Just registered bangslashdot.com/net/org (!/.) in case Slashdot needs to be forked to a new site. Will happily sell the domain to a more capable web-type for the exact price I paid (with the stipulation that I get a low UID).
Re:Boycott (Score:4, Interesting)
I figure my best go-though to stat with will be to stop commenting. With that if they continue to go through with the beta I'll just take my warm revenue generating body somewhere else.
Cheers to my friends, foes, and freaks.
Find the NAME of the man who gave the order! (Score:3, Interesting)
A person directed the Slashdot redesign.
Who is he?