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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]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said that the figures compare unfavourably with the £25m of funding used to start up the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the forerunner to PCeU that was... [03 Nov 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News But a Soca spokesman said there were more resources dedicated to the e-crime unit within Soca then there had been in the NHTCU, saying it was served by a team of 58 staff focusing almost exclusively on cyber crime, and... [15 May 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct... [18 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline
News This is why silicon.com has launched its e-Crime Crackdown campaign calling for a national police e-crime unit. Trojans are increasingly used to target companies' top brass silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is... [12 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News Police, businesses and politicians have been calling for a dedicated cyber crime unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in... [12 Mar 2008]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
News It is absurd that the government removed the NHTCU [National High Tech Crime Unit] without putting anything in place to fill the gap. He said: "The NHTCU had a national... [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News Police, businesses and politicians say Britain is ill equipped to deal with the growing threat and have been demanding a dedicated e-crime police unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was... [12 Mar 2008]
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]
'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]
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]
