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News Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cyber crime unit, a minister for e-crime, a fraud and cyber crime complaint... [06 Mar 2008]
"Trusted insiders" a threat to corporate security
News According to Soca's annual plan, around 40 per cent of its efforts will be directed towards combating drugs trafficking; 25 per cent towards organised immigration crime; and 10 per cent towards individual and private sector fraud, including... [25 Apr 2006]
Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Comment One of the objectives of SOCA is to launch a crackdown on financial crime, such as money laundering and online fraud. According to SOCA's literature, around 40 per cent of its resources will be focussed on stopping drug trafficking; 25 per cent on... [04 Apr 2006]
UK's "FBI" takes on cyber-criminals
News Drug trafficking, organised immigration crime, money laundering and identity fraud will be the main targets of the new Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), dubbed the UK's FBI. According to SOCA'a annual plan, around 40 per cent of its efforts... [03 Apr 2006]
Surfers still too careless with ID, says BT
News Detective chief superintendent Nigel Mawer, head of the Met Police Economic and Specialist Crime Unit, said: "Criminals are always looking for new ways to make money. BT also claims that eight per cent of UK PC users fall victim to online fraud and... [15 Feb 2006]
Leader: Playing sheriff of the wild, wild web
Leader Even the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which traces huge amounts of laundered money around the world, said at last year's e-Crime Forum that tracking small payments is difficult. If fraud is being committed and only a small amount of money is... [02 Feb 2006]
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 £150,000 in order to raise... [27 Oct 2005]
Opinion: Online security school now in session
Comment It's one of the most serious cases seen to date of identity fraud, a crime that the Home Office estimates accounts for £1.3bn stolen every year. With the help of BBC Top Gear's Richard Hammond, Cabinet Office Minister John Hutton and the National... [24 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 what it costs consumers (such... [22 Aug 2005]
ID theft: One in four victims struggles to clear name
News It took respondents an average of five and a half months after the first incident to discover the crime. More than half of all victims discovered the identity fraud themselves after noticing fraudulent credit card charges or withdrawn funds, the... [27 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. Two men have been jailed for conspiracy to defraud and launder money in an... [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, try as they might, have a... [11 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 of thousands times that... [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. Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, said: "Billions of pounds are... [05 Apr 2005]
