{
  "id": 10556175,
  "title": "Espionage boosted East Germany's economic output by 7.4%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/espionage-boosted-east-germanys-economic-output-by-7-4",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T23:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-espionage-boosted-east-germany-economic.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "East Germany's espionage activities in the West boosted the country's economic output by 7.4%. Value added in manufacturing alone increased by 22.3% through industrial espionage, equivalent to 20.2 billion East German marks or approximately 4.1 billion euros at 2020 prices.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}