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News In that instance spyware, or a physical key logging device, was installed on a computer inside the bank and used to steal data which facilitated a £220m transfer of funds - thwarted by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit... [19 Dec 2005]
The mafia targets bank insiders
News More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of information stolen from companies with more than a thousand employees was taken by an insider, according to a study commissioned by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). [29 Nov 2005]
Exclusive: The cost of joining Get Safe Online
News A Word document sent in error to silicon.com has revealed that the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has specifically been consulting only with security and online fraud experts willing to pay between £50,000 and... [27 Oct 2005]
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
News If a crime involves a complex international web of criminal activity, it can be difficult to gather sufficient evidence for a conviction, according to Howard Lamb, crime reduction co-ordinator for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit... [24 Oct 2005]
Two UK virus writers banged up
News The two were identified by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) as members of the hacking group "THr34t Krew". Detective superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the NHTCU, said in a statement: "Over... [07 Oct 2005]
Security education: Too little too late
Comment Meanwhile, the cost of computer-related crime in 2004 grew to £2.4bn, according to the National Hi-tech Crime unit (NHTCU) survey, which reveals only the tip of a much larger iceberg because there's no true figure on... [22 Aug 2005]
Cyber cops investigate Manchester police DoS attack
News Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an attempted denial of service attack on Greater Manchester Police. But after struggling to get any concrete... [12 Jul 2005]
£6.5m net phishing fraud lands two men in the clink
News According to the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), the pair stole at least £750,000 over a 10-month period as they forwarded money on to unnamed groups in Russia. Mick Deat, deputy head of the NHTCU,... [27 Jun 2005]
Opinion: Is cybercrime unstoppable?
Comment Last week's survey figures released by the UK National Hi-tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) revealed that net crime cost businesses £2.45bn in the last 12 months. Online crime is growing at breakneck speed while law enforcement,... [11 Apr 2005]
UK cyberpolice unit gets new chief
News Detective Chief Superintendent Sharon Lemon will replace Len Hynds as the head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) following Hynds' promotion to Assistant Chief Constable with the NCS. Hynds has been in charge of... [06 Apr 2005]
HSBC deluged by thousands of daily virus attacks
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) claims companies receive an average of seven viruses a day but, speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London, HSBC's group COO Alan Jebson said that the bank was often receiving tens... [06 Apr 2005]
Cybercriminals taking £2.5bn from UK businesses
News Electronic crime cost UK companies an estimated £2.45bn last year, the National Hi-tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Tuesday. The NHTCU highlighted that external hackers were not the only threat to... [05 Apr 2005]
Police: Cybercrime laws not important
News But Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), believes that other laws are already more effective at tackling cybercrime. The NHTCU claims to have made 200... [01 Apr 2005]
Opinion: Beware of company insiders
Comment When the news of last week's £220 million attempted robbery of Sumitomo Mitsui bank first broke, I was by coincidence on my way to the office of our National Hi-tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) at a secret address, behind a... [21 Mar 2005]
£220m spyware bank robbers thwarted
News But the NHTCU was onto the plot as early as last October after it was discovered the bank's system had been compromised. At the time of writing the NHTCU was unavailable for comment. The UK's National... [17 Mar 2005]
