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PCeU to be rolled into National Crime Agency

The government is to place the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit inside the new National Crime Agency, as it regroups previously dispersed units into a single organisation supported by regional e-crime hubs Read more

15 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

McAfee: South Korea botnet self-destructed after DDoS

...Security Protection Alliance (Icspa), which seeks to train police forces to handle high-tech crime and bring closer international co-operation on cybercrime. Get the... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK: There should be no 'safe havens' for cybercriminals

...which seeks to train police forces around the world to deal with high-tech crime and bring closer international co-operation on related issues. The... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Dutch police arrest teen over Wikileaks revenge attacks

...said that the teenager, who was not named, was arrested by a high-tech crime team on Wednesday night. The arrest comes after a group... Read more

10 December, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

Dutch police take down Bredolab botnet

...for the botnet was taken down on Monday by the Dutch National High Tech Crime Team. On Monday night, police arrested a 27-year-old... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Alleged credit card criminal arrested in France

...in conjunction with Police Aux Frontieres and the Netherlands Police Agency's high tech crime unit on its investigation Read more

12 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner
01-01-00 (by R. J. Pineiro) 2.4.2

01-01-00 (by R. J. Pineiro) 2.4.2

...unleash an apocalyptic virus. Susan Garnett, senior analyst at the FBI's high-tech crime unit, must uncover and disarm the virus before the countdown... Read more

22 January, 2012

Firms keeping quiet about e-crime

...Survey. Of this group, 83 percent said they suffered some kind of high-tech crime last year. Twenty percent reported being hit by a denial... Read more

24 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Internet pioneer charged under RIP Act

...interception of communications. Stanford, who was arrested by officers of the National High-Tech Crime Unit and charged on Thursday, is accused of illegally intercepting... Read more

13 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Lack of reporting hits cybercrime fight

...more cybercrime is reported. To try to break the cycle, the National High-Tech Crime Unit is introducing new measures such as confidentiality agreements and... Read more

25 April, 2002 by Matt Loney

High-Tech Crime Unit snubs Infosec

Cybercops are too busy training to attend the UK's biggest computer security conference Read more

25 April, 2001 by Will Knight

Police: Not enough evidence for paedophile crackdown

More Net abuse victims needed before the threat of chatroom paedophiles will be taken seriously, say police Read more

22 March, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites

The Internet is no place for people looking for 'perverse gratification', claims the police officer leading the UK's fight against e-crime Read more

24 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

UK police face increasing pressure from high-tech crime

...the Association of Chief Police Officers said that new responsibilities, such as high-tech crime, required a budget increase of 5.7 percent to keep... Read more

23 November, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Australian High-Tech Crime Centre in child-porn sweep

...of regional and country areas. The operation was coordinated by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) and involved the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and... Read more

1 October, 2004 by ZDNet UK

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