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The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News At the investigation's peak, 47 detectives from the Met's Specialist and Economic Crime Command took part in the hunt. The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data discs. [18 Jul 2008]
Soham report IT systems still not in place
News All were key recommendations in the Bichard report following an inquiry into the police investigation of the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002. Key computer systems demanded to protect the public in the wake of the... [17 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Home Office suggestions that the National Fraud Reporting Centre will have a national e-crime investigation arm were welcomed by the committee but it criticised the time it was taking to establish a countywide cyber crime unit. [08 Jul 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The theft is now subject to a routine police investigation. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency work, and some "restricted information", according to a spokesperson for the department for... [18 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Larger states have similar units inside the Criminal Investigation Department. Cyber crimes are reported to specialised units within local police stations but the Central Bureau of Investigation helps to co-ordinate response and expertise among... [05 Jun 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News Following controversy over Microsoft's conduct in pushing through OOXML as an ISO document standard, the Commission announced it would probe OOXML as part of its ongoing antitrust investigation. In its ongoing antitrust investigation concerning... [23 May 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News These can be accessed by national authorities to help in a criminal investigation. We are at the very early stages of deciding how to update the law to allow public authorities to continue to obtain and have access to communications data essential... [20 May 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News However, at the start of this year the Commission began its own investigation into Microsoft's interoperability issues, an investigation that has since expanded to take in questions over how Microsoft may have used its dominance in the sector to... [14 May 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting losing a CD containing the details of 370,000 customers. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been informed about the loss and the bank faces a possible... [07 Apr 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News The investigation is still ongoing, the spokesperson added. Microsoft has also been approached by the Commission on the matter and has promised to co-operate with the investigation. The investigation stems from a complaint lodged by the European... [04 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sharon Lemon, has warned e-crime is so widespread it now plays a role in nearly every criminal investigation. Lemon said that with computers widely used by criminals it was... [19 Mar 2008]
Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police
News This follows the launch of silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign calling for a dedicated UK cyber crime police unit to co-ordinate investigation and recording of e-crime nationwide. Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a... [17 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry trade body Intellect are all backing the campaign for a... [14 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News If the PCEU pieced together a larger, nationwide attack from regional incidents it could either investigate this itself or nominate a local force to lead the investigation. Start-up funding could be secured for a national police e-crime unit this... [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News Our e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a fully-resourced national police unit to co-ordinate the investigation and reporting of hacking, denial of service and other high-tech attacks and fraud against businesses, public bodies and individuals. [12 Mar 2008]
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