A very good point. Most companies that pay attention to security worry about the theft of their proprietary data that is otften their primary source of income. Often overlooked is the fact that this data may be of little value to anyone except that particular company and their immediate competitors (whom we can only hope are not so shady as to purchase a rival's stolen data to get ahead). Often when security planning is taking place, the planners ignore other "more mundane" targets because they are focused on their company's objectives, rather than the objectives of the people most likely to be attacking them.
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Crown jewels versus nickels and dimes
Some crown jewels are not sellable, obviously, such as the formula for coca-cola.
Yet the Attorney-General of the US estimated that the loss to the US economy due to insider breaches including intellectual property loss, to be greater than $300 billion, and growing, a few years ago.
To Robert who also commented, you had better read Spies Among Us by Ira Winkler, to learn that nation sponsored industrial espionage has been around for decades and is considered fair game by many other countries and their companies.
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