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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. McMurdie recently added her voice to those supporting...

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

[26 Mar 2008]

UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force

News The UK's major industry and business groups have backed silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which is calling for the creation of a new national police e-crime unit to combat the growing threat of cyber crime.

Tags: e-crime, police, cyber crime, crime

[14 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign

News silicon.com is today launching its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a properly funded and dedicated national UK police unit to combat the growing threat of high-tech fraud and cyber attacks. Britain is in the grip of the growing cyber crime menace...

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, nhtcu, threat

[12 Mar 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]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and the IT industry have thrown their weight behind our e-Crime Crackdown campaign.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

Businesses may be forced to pay for <strong>e</strong>-<strong>crime</strong> 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]

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 calling for a national UK cyber...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

Police <strong>e</strong>-<strong>crime</strong> funding set for green light?

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

News Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, who has just stepped down as head of the Metropolitan Police Service's e-crime unit, is waiting for Home Office approval for the £1.3m start-up costs for the Policing Central E-Crime Unit proposed by the...

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

[12 Mar 2008]

Police forces lack <strong>e</strong>-<strong>crime</strong> 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]

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]

Video: Does the UK need a police e-crime unit?

Video Speaking at the Infosec 2008 security show in London, security experts gave silicon.com their thoughts on whether the UK needs a central police e-crime unit and how the country could benefit.silicon.com's e-crime Crackdown campaign has been...

Tags: expert, industry, infosec, security

[14 May 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]

UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!

News More than three quarters (74 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 organisations that responded to The Invisible Crime: A Business Crime Survey survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), called for a dedicated police e-crime unit.silicon.com's e...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime

[09 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. We want to hear your views about this campaign and your experiences of being a victim of cyber crime.

Tags: funding, government, police, e-crime

[25 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]

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]

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]

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]

eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat

News Most of Romania's law enforcement efforts are concentrated on its capital, Bucharest, but most of the cases identified during the crackdown were coming from smaller towns, where the eBay team sometimes found backlogs of 200 eBay-related fraud...

Tags: romania, ebay, security, crime

[10 Mar 2008]

Top 10 security stories of the year

News Police: There's no piggybacking crackdown Despite wi-fi piggybacking hitting the headlines this year, the police said the arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection was not part of a wider crackdown.

Tags: security, storm worm, hmrc, data breach

[13 Dec 2007]

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