The past year saw the dramatic rise of information security firms in the face of sustained foreign spying against U.S. corporations. One of those firms, Mandiant, became a household name last January when The New York Times revealed its role in tracking

In room-size metal boxes, secure against electromagnetic leaks, the National Security Agency is racing to build a computer that could break nearly every kind of encryption used to protect banking, medical, business and government records around the world.

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