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RSS NHTCU hiPolice turn to IT industry to help fight cybercrime
News The e-crime unit is replacing the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was folded into the Serious Organised Crime Agency in April 2006. At the Corporate IT Forum consultation, the PCeU's Gordon... [11 Feb 2009]
Police 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... [14 Feb 2008]
UK needs cyber-crime reporting body
News Roberts added the UK needs the return of the NHTCU, or a similar organisation that understands e-crime, has an international remit and has the authority to do something about electronic crimes. SOCA said the... [19 Jul 2007]
Russian hacker trio jailed for cyber attacks
News Maksakov, Petrov and Stepanov were arrested in 2004, through a joint operation between the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and the Russian authorities. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca),... [05 Oct 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... [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. Not so,... [04 Apr 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... [02 Feb 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in security
News In that instance spyware, or a physical key logging device, was installed on a computer inside the bank and used to steal data which facilitated a £220m transfer of funds - thwarted by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime... [19 Dec 2005]
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... [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... [27 Oct 2005]
We 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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [27 Jun 2005]
