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London police get hands on fingerprint scanners

The Metropolitan Police Service is giving mobile fingerprint scanners to its officers, to use... Read more

24 May, 2012

Met helicops get Twitter account

The Metropolitan Police Service has announced a Twitter account dedicated to informing interested parties... Read more

12 January, 2012

Two more arrested in Anonymous investigation

The Metropolitan Police Service's Central e-Crime Unit has arrested two men who... Read more

2 September, 2011

FBI call hacked by suspected Anonymous activists

...said in a statement. "At this stage no operational risks to the [Metropolitan Police Service] have been identified; however we continue to carry out a... Read more

3 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

...The Metropolitan Police Service has apologised to more than a thousand victims of crime... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Virgin's £5,000 payment to police sparks furore

...For example, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime unit — a joint Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London unit — looks into cheque... Read more

30 January, 2012

Police and BT target cable thieves

...Met Police The Waste and Metal Theft Task Force, announced by the Metropolitan Police Service on Monday, combines BT experts, Met Police officers, and members... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police warn of ransomware scam

...visiting certain infected websites have downloaded malware which locks their computer, the Metropolitan Police Service's Central eCrime Unit (PCeU) warned on Friday. The locked... Read more

12 September, 2011

Teenager charged over Anonymous DDoS attacks

...LulzSec combined. Cleary was arrested on Monday following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), with assistance from... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Ex-Ofcom IT head jailed for £500k fraud

...half a million pounds," investigating officer detective constable Elliott Toms of the Metropolitan Police Service's Economic and Specialist Crime, said in the statement. "This... Read more

9 June, 2011

BA tech worker found guilty of terrorist plotting

...Karim went to great lengths to disguise his activities, experts from the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command spent nine months decrypting 300 coded messages... Read more

1 March, 2011

Anonymous: UK arrests are a 'declaration of war'

...computer emergency response team. "These arrests are an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service," an OCS spokesman told ZDNet UK. "[The government] continues to... Read more

28 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

London services aim to save £450m

...It expects spending to fall to £694,000 the following year. The Metropolitan Police Service's Olympic-related security costs between 2010-11 and 2012... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Kable

London police seek mobile ID checkers

The Metropolitan Police Service is in the market for mobile identification units that can... Read more

27 August, 2009 by Kable

Police mobile deal could be worth £64m

The Metropolitan Police Service is looking to set up a mobile phone framework deal... Read more

22 February, 2010 by Kable

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