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News The convictions of the gang members are the first to come out of an investigation by the Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), the £7m unit set up last year to tackle cybercrime. Anyone with information on his... [17 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet PCeU is a police unit that co-ordinates the law enforcement of online offences nationwide and leads investigations into the UK's most serious e-crime incidents, such as those where more than 10,000 people have had their... [20 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News Also on the cybercrime panel was San Jose police sergeant Edward Schroder, who talked about how he spends his time investigating fraud related to sites like eBay and Craigslist, Nigerian or lottery scams, and money mule... [13 Jul 2009]
Police in talks over PC crime 'breathalysers' rollout
News Such 'digital triage' tools would allow police the flexibility to search for anything from text in emails relating to stolen goods to illegal images. Police are in talks with companies... [03 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News Typically, data losses are investigated locally by the police, and where appropriate, disciplinary action or prosecution can apply. Of those breaches, 58 are attributed to stolen data or hardware, and 43... [26 May 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News Soca also made significant progress in sharing data on criminals, embedding IT systems and staff in police-led regional intelligence units. The agency worked with the FBI to secure nearly 60 arrests in connection with... [14 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police co-operation is turning the tide against digital criminals. [23 Apr 2009]
£250k to help police ID stolen phones
News £250,000 of new funding has been made available to help police identify stolen mobile phones, the Home Office has announced. Home Office minister Alan Campbell said the funding will be used to integrate... [17 Mar 2009]
eBay: e-crime cops latest recruit
News The UK's new e-crime unit is already collecting criminal intelligence reports from eBay in an effort to help stamp out fraud and data theft targeting the auctioneer.eBay is feeding information on fraudulent activity on its site to the... [25 Feb 2009]
Caption Competition: What's on the telly?
Photo The winning caption, from reader Martin Plumb, was "Dave was delighted when the police phoned to tell him that his stolen television had been recovered and was ready for collection from their compound. [16 Jan 2009]
Extra coppers to clobber copper crooks
News The metal theft unit will share best practice ideas with police forces throughout England and Wales. It is being run by the Association of Chief Police Officers and the British Transport... [12 Jan 2009]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News UK police are hoping to one day develop a breathalyser-style tool for computers that could instantly flag up illegal activity on any PC it's attached to. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, architect of the UK's... [11 Dec 2008]
Jobless techies turning to crime
News A PwC forensic expert claims the financial services sector is already investigating a rising number of staff frauds, while Finjan cites evidence of a trend in 2008 for unemployed IT staff in Eastern Europe and Asia using crimeware... [11 Dec 2008]
Leicestershire police save time with virtualisation
Case Study Leicestershire police force is using Citrix XenDesktop to give patrol officers access to central police systems when they're out and about, enabling them to file reports remotely and reduce the amount of... [11 Nov 2008]
UK struck by cyber crime wave
News Reports of cyber crime in the UK rose nine per cent over 2007, according to the UK Cybercrime Report by online identity company Garlik, which compiled government, police and analysts statistics. Speaking at the RSA... [30 Oct 2008]
