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RSS fraud crime unit£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]
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 CMA is useful but for the types of crimes we deal with, the computer is a large... [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]
Online child porn investigation costs police £15m
News The cost of forensically examining the computers seized during the UK police's Operation Ore investigation into online child pornography will total £15m, according to the National Crime Squad (NCS). He acknowledged the strain on police budgets but... [07 Mar 2005]
Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
Comment The campaign is chaired by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and is supported by Dell, eBay, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Microsoft, the CSIA (Central Sponsor for Information Assurance) within the Cabinet Office and the NISCC (National Infrastructure Security... [13 Jan 2005]
Opinion: A bad case of worms
Comment It's a spin-off series from the annual e-Crime Congress and is supported by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. This month, I chaired the first e-Crime Solutions seminar in London. As the police work overtime to identify and convict the people... [21 Dec 2004]
US Secret Service rounds up ID thieves
News Other agencies that took part in the investigation included the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit; the US Department of Justice; the US Department of State; the Vancouver, B.C. The investigation started in July 2003 when the Secret Service, now part... [29 Oct 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Does the UK need ID cards?
Comment Other justifications include cutting fraud and crime. What is ignored is that ID cards create a whole new business for organised crime through the sale of forged cards. Ian Watmore, recently appointed head of the new e-government unit, thinks there... [19 Oct 2004]
Phone fraud crackdown cuts off 13 countries
News The dialler scam came to prominence earlier this year when premium rate regulator Icstis published figures showing the number of victims of the rogue diallers - which are often only discovered when users are landed with huge phone bills - had... [22 Sep 2004]
£3m anti-fraud payment wins UK banks £65m back
News The DCPCU (Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit) was set up in April 2002 and has managed to save £65m by cutting down on fraud. Last year, the UK lost £402m to the fraudsters, mostly though organised crime, prompting the banks to commit £3m... [13 Aug 2004]
UK MPs urge cybercrime revisions and tougher sentences
News Simon Janes, international operations manager at computer forensics specialist Ibas and former head of Scotland Yard's Computer Crime Unit, told silicon.com: "I applaud the recommendation to increase this sentence. [30 Jun 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. We can't work out what the problem is, so have recently started talking to the Hi-Tech Crime Unit so they can do a criminal... [24 Jun 2004]
