E-crime Unit 'on Track' Despite Funding Delay
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the proposed Policing Central e-Crime Unit (PCEU), said regular talks are taking place between government, police bodies and industry about how to fund and run the unit.
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
National Anti-fraud Centre Ready For Action
News Metropolitan Police Service detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit, has revealed that pilots for the National Fraud Reporting Centre are due to begin imminently.
[October 3, 2008, 8:53]
Police E-crime Unit Seeks Industry Recruits
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service — one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit announced on Tuesday — has proposed recruiting individuals from industry to assist the unit with investigations.
[October 2, 2008, 8:30]
Police E-crime Unit Set For Gov't Go-ahead
News Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe show in London, the Metropolitan Police Service's detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie said: "I'm fairly convinced we'll get the required sum of £5.3m some way or the other.
[April 28, 2008, 8:24]
Haxdoor Trojan Claims Thousands Of UK Victims
News It's a diverse range of data that's been stolen," said detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie, the officer in charge of the investigation. We've had a limited response [from the emails]," said McMurdie.
[October 11, 2006, 16:15]
Crime Surge Sparks Calls For Internet Interpol
News According to detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police e-crime unit, who is also one of the permanent members of the UK Interpol working group, existing Interpol forums are addressing key priorities in e-crime including...
[December 12, 2006, 16:15]
Met Criticises Local Police E-crime Response
News According to Detective Inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police, there is currently "a lack of knowledge and understanding of e-crime by front-line officers" that needs to be addressed. We need joined-up policing," said McMurdie.
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
Fresh Calls For Data-breach Law
News Companies would learn to take preventative action," said detective inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Met's Specialist Crime Unit. McMurdie said that although the Met has been successful in tackling e-crime, a centralised e-crime unit was desirable...
[September 14, 2007, 10:08]
Symantec: Security Reporting Chain Is Broken
News Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, of the Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Directorate, said the police had been working to provide officers responding to e-crime with a "raised level of ability and awareness to record", but said that the...
[October 22, 2007, 15:08]
Cybercrime Threat Keeps Growing
News The Metropolitan Police also link in with the Interpol botnet taskforce, according to detective inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police. Schmidt, Burls and McMurdie spoke to ZDNet UK on Monday at a House of Lords event organised by...
[November 21, 2006, 12:14]
Police: We're Overwhelmed By E-crime
News In a report written by detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Met's specialist crime directorate, published on Thursday, the Met said that a national e-crime unit is needed to tackle cybercrime.
[January 25, 2007, 15:57]
Hackers Shy Away From DDoS Attacks
News Detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie, of the Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Directorate E-crime Unit, said that DDoS extortion attempts are still being reported to the police but that, without a national unit to collate e-crime...
[May 3, 2007, 12:52]
Tracking E-crime
Leader Cybercrime is "the most rapidly expanding form of criminality", according to detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Met's specialist crime directorate. The home secretary, John Reid, has a lot on his mind at the moment.
[January 29, 2007, 12:04]
Police Told: Resign To Join SOCA
Blog This issue might help explain the drubbing that SOCA received in a report written in January by detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Met's specialist crime directorate. Word reaches us at Infosec of unrest among police about the...
[April 24, 2007, 15:12]
Fears Over Funding For Police E-crime Unit
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, co-architect of the PCeU, admitted that industry backing and expertise will be critical if the unit, staffed mainly by Metropolitan Police Service computer-crime specialists, is to succeed.
[October 2, 2008, 7:58]
Government To Forge New Cybercrime Policies
News The announcement comes in the wake of an e-crime discussion meeting between Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) representatives and the Metropolitan Police's head of e-crime, Charlie McMurdie.
[March 27, 2008, 7:35]
Small Companies Ignorant Of Security Warns Expert
News Charlie McMurdie, detective chief inspector with the computer crime unit of the Metropolitan Police, told ZDNet UK that "SME security is disjointed at the moment". McMurdie said that computer security should follow common sense procedures.
[November 20, 2006, 16:47]
National Anti-fraud Centre Due Next Year
News The chief of e-crime for the Metropolitan Police Service, Charlie McMurdie, revealed last week she expected government funding for a national cybercrime unit was imminent. A national centre to co-ordinate strategy for combating fraud in England and...
[April 29, 2008, 9:22]
