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Computer Misuse Act stands the test of time
News Despite new types of cybercrime activity "the world is not as different in 2004 from 1990 as some people seem to believe";Not every crime relating to computers needs to be dealt with by the CMA; andParliamentary time should not be wasted "gold...
[July 1, 2004, 16:00]
Police smash DarkMarket cybercrime ring
News The forum, described by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) as "one of the most pernicious online criminal forums in the world", enabled participants to buy and sell personal data, and trade in equipment used in financial crimes.
[October 17, 2008, 13:26]
Tech heavyweights fight identity theft
News Gartner says, for instance, that banks and credit card companies are mishandling the problem by treating fraud as a cost of doing business rather than as a crime against their customers. The Coalition on Online Identity Theft, announced on Tuesday...
[September 3, 2003, 9:09]
Russian hackers 'the best in the world'
News Speaking at the e-Crime Congress in London on Tuesday, Miroshnikov said that the casual teenaged hackers of the past developed their techniques as they grew older. Miroshnikov called for unified international laws for Internet crime that would make...
[April 6, 2005, 12:50]
Game developers look east for inspiration
News Dave Sharp, founder and managing director of The Gamers Republic, said some publishers have really got their hands burnt in Central and Eastern Europe, but stressed that the governments are now cracking down on the organised crime problem very...
[August 30, 2002, 12:15]
A criminal lack of interest
Leader As head of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), he's been forced to introduce a personal bill to tighten up the e-crime laws - one that has no chance whatsoever of succeeding - just to make a point.
[March 14, 2005, 13:55]
Home Office publishes data-sharing guidance
News It was presented to parliament on Monday, following the enactment of sections 68 to 72 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 by statutory instrument last Wednesday. It also says that the Serious Crime Act does not give public authorities the power to make...
[October 9, 2008, 17:18]
Six face sentencing for Internet fraud, ID theft
News The six men, aged between 21 and 39, obtained false identities over the Internet and used them to open bank accounts, arrange overdrafts and apply for credit cards, according to the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was responsible for...
[November 21, 2003, 10:50]
FBI to prioritise cybercrime fight
News Preventing high-tech crime "is a protection of our infrastructure," he said. See the Net Crime News Section for the latest on fraud, crime, child protection and related issues. The director of the FBI announced on Wednesday that a major...
[May 30, 2002, 14:18]
FSA: Cybercriminals are infiltrating companies
News Hackers and fraudsters are refining and improving their techniques as we speak," said Philip Robinson, financial crime sector leader at the FSA. The report, called Countering Financial Crime Risks in Information Security , found that firms had...
[November 12, 2004, 15:50]
Police arrest suspected virus writers
News The Metropolitan Computer Crime Unit, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI Finland) and the Finnish Pori Police Department collaborated to arrest the men, who are all suspected of being members of the M00P (M - zero - zero - P...
[June 27, 2006, 16:45]
Businesses warned of profiling dangers
News Thomas, speaking to ZDNet UK at the e-Crime Congress in London, gave a preview of the evidence that his office intends to present to a Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into surveillance. Thomas gave the example of police access to the CIFAS...
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Thousands fall victim to data theft
News According to the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit, the data was stolen via a piece of malware that was secretly installed on the victim's machines. The information has been harvested from the computers by a type of malicious code known as a...
[October 10, 2006, 17:30]
Gov't outlines Facebook monitoring plans
News She said it was essential for such information to be easily accessible by public authorities, including the police, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), HM Revenue & Customs, and the intelligence agencies.
[April 27, 2009, 13:01]
Gary McKinnon has Always Denied the Alleged Damage
Talkback Gary McKinnon has never admitted to damage and in March 2002 when the crime was committed, without damage it was not an extraditable nor a Federal offence. Norris is a 66 year old man with cancer and despite the House of Lords clearing Norris of...
[August 7, 2009, 8:52]
Coronation Street prepares chatroom danger plot
News The Home Office has provided Granada, makers of Coronation Street, with the Internet Crime Forum report, Chatwise, Streetwise published in March, in order to educate them in the issues surrounding online "grooming".
[May 14, 2001, 10:55]
Surveillance: An open letter to Jack Straw
News Please find at the end of the letter a confession to a crime, which has been affirmed by Statutory Declaration. I hope we have also demonstrated that it is not the perpetrators of crime who would suffer under these draconian new powers, but...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Interpol: Give us the tools to fight cybercrime
News With phishing and pharming, new technologies are being dealt with by old laws," said Bernhard Oputal, a crime intelligence officer with Interpol's financial and high-tech crime division. Interpol has called on politicians to help law enforcement...
[March 21, 2006, 12:35]
German ISPs want to keep data about their surfers
News The ministers wanted German ISPs to keep data about Internet-traffic on their surfers stored and to keep it safe in case of a crime investigation. The privacy commissioners said that was like saving the address and sender of every letter written in...
[December 4, 2000, 8:34]
Reuters accused of hacking
News Intentia International, which makes collaboration software, said on Monday that it has filed charges with Sweden's National Criminal Investigation Department's computer crime division regarding the incident, which took place earlier this month.
[October 29, 2002, 13:42]
