Theft of intellectual property is a crime that erodes the incentive to create and poses a serious barrier to making legitimate products and services available to the public.

盗取知识产权是一种犯罪，不但打击了创造的积极性，也对制造供大众使用的合法产品和服务造成严重的障碍。

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They apologized for the theft of personal information from millions of users of the company's online services.

他们为该公司数百万用户的网络个人信息被盗一事致歉。

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Users of these services need to be aware of data theft or viruses.

这些服务的用户需要了解数据被盗或病毒。

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And three separate incidents of cable theft last week disrupted services in and out of London Paddington and London Bridge and in Sussex.

BBC: Call to tackle cable theft from railways

Because of the potential high cost of data theft, companies such as Dell offer services that not only track and locate stolen or missing computers, but can erase an entire hard drive before the criminals can access sensitive information.

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That advice from us is free, but plenty of paid services offer help in avoiding identity theft.

NPR: Identification Theft: Protecting Your Personal Data