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RSS nhtcuWe 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 (NHTCU). [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 the past year, the National Hi-Tech Crime... [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 what it costs consumers (such... [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 leads, the force told silicon.com... [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, said in a statement: "We are particularly... [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]
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 the NHTCU since it was... [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 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. The NHTCU highlighted that external hackers were not the only threat to companies — crimes committed by employees also... [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 arrests in 100 joint operations with its... [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 Chinese laundry in London's... [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 Hi-Tech Crime Unit has foiled the world's... [17 Mar 2005]
Internet child pornography arrests quadruple
News About a quarter of the existing UK police National Hi-Tech Crime Unit's (NHTCU) work is specialist computer forensic work on internet paedophilia cases, but the bulk of illegal web pornography investigations are carried out by the paedophile... [04 Mar 2005]
SMEs targeted in computer crime push
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) is targeting SMEs in a campaign to raise awareness of computer crime. The NHTCU has produced a booklet for small firms advising them of how to protect themselves from the usual security threats, including... [09 Feb 2005]
Betting websites blackmailed with child pornography
News The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which arrested three suspected ringleaders of one of the online extortion gangs in Russia earlier this year, confirmed this is a new tactic being used by the criminals. [27 Oct 2004]
