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Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU) was rolled into Soca in 2006, prompting claims from business and politicians that cyber crime policing was being diluted.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

Outlawed: Reckless loss of data

News It marks a major milestone in silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign calling for legislation to make companies or authorities that lose personal data accountable.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the...

Tags: data breach, full disclosure, data loss

[12 May 2008]

OOXML row continues

News The UKUUG is also folding in many other complaints about Office Open XML, such as unresolved patent issues and a lack of completion in the specification's documentation, and is calling for the High Court of Justice to force a judicial review of...

Tags: bsi, microsoft, ooxml

[02 May 2008]

AMD chips into business market

News On Monday the chipmaker launched what it is calling its Business Class platform, previously code-named Hardcastle. AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance required for machines aimed at business users.

Tags: chips, intel, amd

[29 Apr 2008]

National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year

News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up information that...

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

[28 Apr 2008]

Police e-crime unit set for green light

News We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a...

Tags: funding, government, police, e-crime

[25 Apr 2008]

UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months

News We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals...

Tags: security, ico, data breach

[22 Apr 2008]

UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent

News Apacs said consumers must be vigilant after the number of reported incidents shot up by more than 10,000 during the first quarter of 2008.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, phishing

[16 Apr 2008]

OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'

News The protesters were calling for OOXML to be withdrawn from ISO standardisation - something that could theoretically happen if a national standards body were to protest against its own vote within the next month or two.

Tags: microsoft, ooxml, iso

[15 Apr 2008]

Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers

News In this conflict, the ISPs are claiming they should not have to disconnect those users who are persistent file-sharers, but the content industry is calling for a "three strikes and you're out" rule in order to protect intellectual property.

Tags: eu, isps, file sharing

[14 Apr 2008]

UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!

News UK businesses are calling for a national police cyber crime unit as a growing number of companies fall victim to e-crime. More than three quarters (74 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 organisations that responded to The Invisible Crime: A Business...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime

[09 Apr 2008]

BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down

News Verwaayen also gets credit for leading BT's drive to push climate change up the agenda, calling for government action on global warming and presiding over a shrinking corporate carbon footprint at BT through initiatives such as investing in energy...

Tags: ofcom, bt, verwaayen

[08 Apr 2008]

UK a hotbed for cyber crime

News Online reporting body the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is reporting a $40m jump in the cost of international e-crime over 2006.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, security

[08 Apr 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Just six per cent said cyber crime should be a lower priority for police and 11 per cent of silicon.com readers said the police have the balance "about right".silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 Apr 2008]

UK 'failing on cyber crime'

News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: pceu, cyber crime, e-crime crackdown

[03 Apr 2008]

Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously

News The government has pledged to meet with law enforcers to forge new policies on tackling cyber crime.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. The centre would provide leadership and expertise to...

Tags: e-crime, e-crime crackdown, cyber crime, crime

[26 Mar 2008]

Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere

News She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is being traded on the internet and its availability to be bought.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a...

Tags: soca, cyber crime, e-crime, campaign

[19 Mar 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

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 National High-Tech Crime Unit...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

News But the private sector has hit back saying the core funding for a dedicated police unit to combat e-crime must come from the government.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK e-crime police unit.

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, dedicated, campaign

[17 Mar 2008]

London still wi-fi king of the world

News Back in 2007, silicon.com ran a 'Fair Wi-fi' campaign calling for hotels to eschew overpriced fees for wireless internet access. London has shored up its status as wi-fi capital of the world with usage soaring 156 per cent and the average session...

Tags: wi-fi, business traveller, hotspots, region

[14 Mar 2008]

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