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RSS NHTCUInternet 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... [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... [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]
Police warning over new key-logging 'Trojan' spam emails
News The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said the spam emails contain details of a fictitious order for web hosting or computer goods and display the cost that will supposedly be charged to their credit card. [13 Aug 2004]
Bookies applaud online extortion racket arrests
News One UK betting firm was advised by the NHTCU to pay the ransom to help the police establish a trail that went from the UK to the Caribbean, Latvia and Russia. David Hood, spokesman for William Hill, said in a statement:... [22 Jul 2004]
Innocent users told: "Pay up or we tell the police about your child porn"
News A spokeswoman for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said in the first instance, anyone getting one of these scams should report it to their ISP and block the email address. Reporting it to local police is also a... [22 Jul 2004]
Cybercops smash online extortion gang
News Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Wednesday that it had helped to smash a Russian gang involved in online extortion and money-laundering. The bookie said all the UK firms had refused to pay the... [21 Jul 2004]
Phone-charge Net fraud on the rise in UK
News ICSTIS has been forced to call in the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) after being hit with a surge in complaints. This has led the regulator to turn to the NHTCU. A spokesperson for the... [24 Jun 2004]
Online bookies taken down by internet blackmail gangs
News Felicity Bull, spokeswoman for the NHTCU, would not comment on specific progress of the investigation but said it is one of the unit's priorities and it is supportive of the betting industry's decision not to pay up to... [09 Jun 2004]
'Phishers' who conned Brits arrested
News Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the NHTCU, said: "Organised Crime is targeting internet users in the UK to launder money stolen from online bank accounts where people have been duped into handing over... [05 May 2004]
UK cybercops hook "copycat" phishing-scam suspect
News The claim follows the arrest by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of a 21-year-old man from Lytham St Anne's in Lancashire suspected of targeting customers of the Co-operative Bank's online banking service Smile in... [29 Apr 2004]
Multinational swoop on Fairlight pirates
News On Wednesday, NHTCU officers and police from local forces executed search warrants and arrested three men at separate locations in Sheffield, Manchester and Belfast. Detective Superintendent Mike Deats, deputy head of... [23 Apr 2004]
More police needed to fight e-crime
News Currently, the National Hi-Tech Crime Squad (NHTCU) takes the lead in fighting electronic crime in Britain. The NHTCU is set to be merged with other police units to form the Serious Organised Crime... [01 Apr 2004]
Grand National hack proof, says police
News Claims that organised criminals will launch a flood of electronic attacks on the internet sites of British bookmakers this weekend are wide of the mark, the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said on Wednesday. [31 Mar 2004]
Net closes on betting 'hackmail' gang
News The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) revealed in January that it was investigating the threats against UK businesses, which are thought to be the work of organised criminal gangs rather than amateur hackers. [08 Mar 2004]
