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E-crime victims uncertain where to turn
News Victims of e-crime are not sure where they should report such crimes, a police strategy body has warned. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said in its inaugural e-crime report, published on Wednesday, that there was currently "no...
[August 27, 2009, 16:27]
E-crime unit seeks insight from IT industry
News The Metropolitan Police's nascent e-crime unit is stepping up its efforts to communicate with UK businesses, inviting 150 corporate security professionals to a consultation later this month. The Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) event will take...
[February 10, 2009, 11:04]
E-crime laws failing, say top experts
News The survey of 112 security professionals and law enforcers found that three-quarters of them believe current legislation isn't capable of dealing with e-crime against businesses and consumers. The National Crime Squad and the National Hi-Tech Crime...
[April 12, 2006, 17:15]
E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News Plans for a national UK cybercrime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's e-crime chief . Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the...
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
E-crime police see UK firms pledging techies' time
News The financial slowdown in the retail, banking and telecoms sectors is expected to see more businesses offer their IT staff rather than money to support the £7m Police Central E-crime Unit (PCeU), according to joint architect of the PCeU, detective...
[January 20, 2009, 8:04]
e-crime tax?
Talkback It's arguable that cyber-crime is just like any other crime and that we already pay tax to cover that. some such as banks, e-tailers are more valnurable that those who maintain a website simply to provide information.
[March 18, 2008, 17:49]
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'
News The rise of e-crime is no longer news. The announcement last month of the formation of the new Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) will be seen by some as an admission that the April 2006 decision to roll the former National Hi-Tech Crime Unit...
[October 23, 2008, 15:23]
SOCA: We are tackling e-crime
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency has hit back at claims that it does not have the necessary remit or resources to tackle e-crime. It's rubbish that we're not tackling e-crime," said Hughes. Through the NHTCU [National Hi-Tech Crime Unit — SOCA's...
[March 28, 2007, 14:52]
Firms keeping quiet about e-crime
News Three-quarters of companies that suffered a high-tech criminal attack in 2003 failed to contact the police, according to figures released on Tuesday, which show that e-crime probably cost UK businesses more than a billion pounds last year.
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
Police e-crime unit calls for industry aid
News The UK's new e-crime unit wants industry to help out in the battle against online fraud. Police are now in talks with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and other industry bodies about using online investigators at banks and retailers to...
[December 11, 2008, 7:15]
Experts: 'British FBI' won't stop e-crime
News The problem with e-crime is that a lot of it doesn't fit into either group. Security expert Ross Anderson agreed with Clayton that there is a danger that e-crime could get "lost in the mix" following the creation of SOCA.
[April 3, 2006, 15:35]
Government launches new e-crime unit
Blog A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling cyber crime and clamping down on internet fraud was announced by e-crime Minister Vernon Coaker today. I was at a meeting last week with Microsoft's security advisor and ex-FBI agent Ed Gibson (speaking...
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'
News The Police Central e-Crime Unit has been hailed as a "giant step forward" by Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson. A big slice of [e-crime] is routine. The report recommended the formulation of an e-crime unit to replace NHTCU.
[October 30, 2008, 15:55]
ID cards 'taking focus away from e-crime'
News The government is ploughing too many resources into the ID cards scheme while failing to fight e-crime, a member of the House of Lords has claimed. E-crime is not so much. Erroll doubted whether the formation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency...
[April 25, 2006, 15:50]
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]
Tracking e-crime
Leader The Met alone has four different departments partly or fully focused on e-crime. Last year, ex-FBI agent and Microsoft's chief security advisor, Ed Gibson, claimed that replacing the NHTCU with SOCA was a mistake and would complicate the reporting...
[January 29, 2007, 12:04]
Met criticises local police e-crime response
News Senior police officers have criticised local police responses to reports of e-crime, and have welcomed plans for a national police centre to co-ordinate cybercrime-fighting efforts. However, e-crime committed thousands of times over for small...
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
Businesses lack confidence in police e-crime handling
News Businesses are not confident that the police have the necessary resources or technical knowledge to deal with e-crime effectively, a survey has found. Over half of companies (56.7 percent) felt e-crimes would not be investigated properly if...
[November 3, 2008, 16:27]
ISPs want more e-crime protection
News The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which represents over 140 UK Internet service providers, has demanded that more resources are devoted to combating e-crime and cyberterrorism. It is perhaps less surprising that detailed statistics on how many e...
[March 31, 2004, 18:10]
Big business fears e-crime communication breakdown
News An industry body that represents large corporations has criticised Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) for its lack of openness in working with UK companies to tackle e-crime. Prior to SOCA's formation 10 months ago, serious e-crime was...
[January 9, 2007, 11:48]
