The existence of widespread shadow banking serving the private sector, however, indicates that state-owned enterprises have much easier access to credit.

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The information gathered by Perfect Citizen could also have applications beyond the critical infrastructure sector, officials said, serving as a data bank that would also help companies and agencies who call upon NSA for help with investigations of cyber attacks, as Google did when it sustained a major attack late last year.

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