Some gangs have sponsored promising students from other disciplines to attend computer courses before planting them in businesses as "sleepers."

McAfee said the students write computer viruses, commit identity theft and launder money in a multi-billion dollar industry that is more lucrative than the drugs trade.

The gangs' tactics echo the way Russian agents sought out experts at trade conferences or universities during the Cold War, the company said in an annual report.

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