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RSS socaPolice unprepared for security 'arms race'
News The UK used to have a dedicated police e-crime fighting body - called the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - but this was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April 2006. The decision to merge the... [14 Feb 2008]
Businesses call for police cyber crime unit
News Organisations must currently report any attacks on their network or data to local police computer crime units and there is concern at the lack of co-ordination since the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit was essentially disbanded in 2006 and... [08 Oct 2007]
UK needs cyber-crime reporting body
News But last year the NHCTU was rolled into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). SOCA said the NHTCU has become the core of the e-crime unit of SOCA, with an expanded remit and... [19 Jul 2007]
Russian hacker trio jailed for cyber attacks
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which has now replaced the NHTCU, confirmed the three had been jailed and fined 100,000 roubles (£2,000) each. However, Soca declined to say whether the... [05 Oct 2006]
'Data sharing could aid crackdown on crime'
News The Home Office is proposing law enforcement such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) be allowed to break through the red tape of the Data Protection Act to access a number of databases - with the hope this... [18 Jul 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 3
Comment One of my contacts at the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in the UK put me in touch. In May 2006, silicon.com senior reporter Dan Ilett travelled to China, seeking to get behind some of today's most interesting... [08 Jun 2006]
'Ransomware' hackers to go unpunished?
News Cases such as the Archiveus incident would previously have been dealt with by the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was amalgamated into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April. [05 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Employees are biggest security headache
News This comes in the same week the UK's new FBI-style crime-fighting agency Soca warned that criminal gangs planting computer-savvy insiders at an organisation is one of the biggest security threats faced by companies today. [28 Apr 2006]
"Trusted insiders" a threat to corporate security
News Speaking today at the Infosecurity conference in London, Tony Neate, e-crime liaison for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), said insider 'plants' are causing significant damage to companies. Soca... [25 Apr 2006]
Leader: UK FBI risks abandoning e-crime victims
Leader But one of the lesser-noted implications of the launch of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is the fate of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which along with a number of other specialist groups has... [04 Apr 2006]
Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Comment The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is to bring 4,000 specialist agents together and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the UK's computer police - has become part of the new body. One of the objectives of... [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. SOCA has been formed by... [03 Apr 2006]
Opinion: Time to teach the internet watchdog some new tricks?
Comment The government's new crime-fighting organisation, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), is going to be a key weapon in ensuring a safe online environment. As a strong believer in accredited self-regulation, I can... [13 Mar 2006]
Take cyber crime seriously, government told
News Gibson said the decision to roll the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) into a new larger agency, The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), in April 2006 would actually make it harder for businesses to work out to whom... [02 Feb 2006]
UK anti-paedophile centre to be created
News The National Crime Squad, the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and various companies are involved in the project, which will be affiliated to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). [15 Jun 2005]
