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RSS e-crime fbiSoca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News As well as fighting homegrown criminals, Soca also focuses on tackling cybercrime internationally in alliance with overseas law enforcement and recently worked with the FBI in a card fraud sting that saw more than 60... [15 Jul 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News The agency worked with the FBI to secure nearly 60 arrests in connection with the DarkMarket forum - where stolen credit card and banking details were traded - helping to save more than $70m in potential losses. [14 May 2009]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News McMurdie said UK police have also been talking to the FBI and US Computer Emergency Readiness Team units about their use of remote searches of hard drives over the net. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie,... [11 Dec 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News Sharon Lemon, deputy director of e-crime for Soca, which aided the FBI operation, said that some suspects remained at large in the UK and overseas. In the last two weeks, almost 60... [17 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News The World Bank Group was first notified of the intrusions by the FBI in September 2007, when the bureau was investigating another cyber crime case involving transactions out of Johannesburg, South Africa. [13 Oct 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cyber security agent for the FBI in the UK Ed Gibson raised similar concerns about the scale of the proposals. According to consultation papers released in August, the... [04 Sep 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Police forces worldwide are mobilising to tackle the estimated $104bn global cyber crime menace but money, manpower and expertise varies wildly from country to country, with the UK's response being attacked by... [05 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Recently, I was passed a copy of an FBI report to the US Congress from 2004, the last declassified year. Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. A short cyber... [29 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and... [17 Apr 2008]
UK a hotbed for cyber crime
News IC3 is a joint operation between the FBI and the US' National White Collar Crime Center that takes international complaints about cyber crime, mainly originating from the US.... [08 Apr 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment After all, if the FBI only has a team of 100 officers to deal with all cyber crime offences and Interpol has perhaps only three for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the level of priority and the scale... [27 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News He said: "Certainly within the US there are specialised units within the FBI. The UK used to have a dedicated police e-crime fighting body - called the National Hi-Tech... [14 Feb 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News UK police are in talks with the FBI about an international biometric database to track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics US defence company Northrop Grumman, which... [15 Jan 2008]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News McAfee's second annual report on virtual criminology included input from the FBI and European high-tech crime units. Dave Thomas, section chief of the FBI's cyber division, said if... [08 Dec 2006]
Leader: UK FBI risks abandoning e-crime victims
Leader Cracking down on the Mister Bigs of organised crime is the aim of the UK's FBI, launched earlier this week. If it is going to fight e-crime it needs to make it easier... [04 Apr 2006]
