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Soca's legacy systems hampering crime operations

...over.– Bill Hughes, Soca Soca was formed in 2006 when the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was merged with the National Criminal Intelligence Service... Read more

10 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

High-tech cops hit back against ISP claims

The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has delivered a robust defence of the UK... Read more

5 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Police play down Grand National hack threat

...British bookmakers this weekend are wide of the mark, the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said on Wednesday. With the Grand National taking... Read more

31 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Electronic crime needs its own force

...is needed, but it will be wasted without reforms elsewhere. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit was launched in 2001 with the aim of being... Read more

20 January, 2005 by Leader

Protect and survive

As you read this, someone is trying to break into your computer and steal from you. Here's what to do about it Read more

10 November, 2004 by Leader

High-tech cops probe premium-rate Internet fraud

...industry regulator ICSTIS. ICSTIS has been forced to call in the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) after being hit with a surge in complaints... Read more

23 June, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Three UK arrests in global piracy crackdown

Officers from Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) made three arrests on Thursday as part of... Read more

23 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Cyber cops get forensics code

...Guide for Computer-based Electronic Evidence has been compiled by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and the Association of Chief Police Officers with the... Read more

26 September, 2003 by Andy McCue

UK police face increasing pressure from high-tech crime

Chief police officers say that fighting high-tech crime is one of the factors contributing to a shortfall of £350m needed to fund police work effectively in the UK Read more

23 November, 2004 by Dan Ilet

UK needs cyber-crime reporting body

...The UK did previously have such an e-crime body, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU). But last year the NHCTU was rolled into... Read more

19 July, 2007 by Gemma Simpson

Experts split over recession's effect on hi-tech crime

...Merlin, Earl of Erroll, predicted that scams will increase. "We will see hi-tech crime accelerating while security budgets are being constrained," Lord Erroll said... Read more

10 December, 2008 by Tom Espiner
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'

Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'

...an admission that the April 2006 decision to roll the former National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) into the more strategic Serious Organised Crime Agency... Read more

23 October, 2008 by Andrew Donoghue

Stealing our NHTCU is a felony

It's official. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) no longer exists. The UK organisation that specialised... Read more

3 April, 2006 by Leader

Sober worm impersonates high-tech cops

The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned computer users not to fall victim... Read more

29 November, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Manchester police call for backup after cyberattack

Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an... Read more

12 July, 2005 by Andy McCue

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