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Met Criticises Local Police E-crime Response
News Currently cybercrime reporting is not taken seriously enough at a local level, according to Detective Inspector Brian Ward of the Metropolitan Police. According to Detective Inspector Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police, there is currently...
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
UK Police Crack Down On Local Hackers
News Detective Constable Richard Brownhall of Surrey police says that numerous servers hosting IRC channels have become the focus of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks apparently in retribution after hackers were removed from certain channels...
[January 24, 2001, 11:45]
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]
The Schmoozer: Last Straw For The Evil Hacker Underground
News Straw was unveiling the government's new anti-cybercrime unit, attractively named NHTCU (National High-Tech Crime Unit), which takes spammers and the like so seriously it will be headed by a detective formerly responsible for investigating...
[April 20, 2001, 15:45]
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]
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]
Police To Give Cybercrime-fighting Courses
News This is to draw together law enforcement, security and legal specialists to deliver a crime prevention package that will raise awareness and assist businesses to implement effective security policies," said detective inspector Chris Simpson.
[January 19, 2005, 12:20]
Election Sparks Calls For Cybercrime Minister
News The bill hasn't been passed yet," said detective superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the NHTCU. Should Labour lose the election, SOCA - which is intended to deal with cybercrime - could be cancelled.
[April 6, 2005, 13:30]
Cybercrime Hitting The UK Hard
News Billions of pounds are being lost to the UK economy through high-tech crime," said Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Speaking to ZDNet UK last week, Deats warned that organised gangs are taking a...
[April 5, 2005, 13:10]
Experts: 'British FBI' Won't Stop E-crime
News I can recall trying to report a bank fraud about 15 years ago, and being told by the Detective Constable that it was too complicated for their local force - but as the sum that had been pinched was less than £100m, the Serious Fraud Office would...
[April 3, 2006, 15:35]
Clink For DrinkorDie Software Counterfeiters
News Internet piracy is a growing problem, with organised crime now moving into this space and defrauding the individual, business and governments of millions of pounds," said Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy-head of the NHTCU.
[May 6, 2005, 17:20]
Police Arrest Suspected Virus Writers
News These men appear to be connected via an online company," said detective constable Bob Burls of the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit in a statement. Cluley said the group may have been involved in writing software designed to exploit...
[June 27, 2006, 16:45]
Security Guru Warns Of Cyberpolice Shortage
News Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, said on Tuesday it was harder to catch Internet criminals who steal smaller amounts of money. Howard Schmidt, former cybersecurity advisor for the White House, has...
[April 6, 2005, 16:30]
Insecure Networks Targeted By Paedophiles
News Speaking at Britain's first e-crime congress in London on Monday, detective chief superintendent Len Hynds said paedophilia is one of the four key areas his organisation is focused on. On Monday the NHTCU launched a new policy on cybercrime.
[December 10, 2002, 15:22]
Broadband Will Impede Cybercops
News Speaking at a European Commission forum on cybercrime last Wednesday, detective chief superintendent Keith Ackerman, chairman of the UK Internet Crime Forum said that the police were unable to track down 500 members of a child porn ring because of...
[March 13, 2001, 15:35]
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]
Firms Keeping Quiet About E-crime
News Now, we're getting information from a significant proportion of the business community," detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, head of the NHTCU, told the e-Crime Congress 2004 in London. Often, companies don't contact the police because they...
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
High-tech's Thin Blue Line
News According to the deputy-head of the NHTCU, detective superintendent Mick Deats, levels of online crime and hacking have increased substantially since last year's survey. Last year, the main focus of the unit was on individual cases of paedophilia...
[April 5, 2005, 15:50]
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". Small businesses must become more aware that they are the potential victims of...
[November 20, 2006, 16:47]
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]
