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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 '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 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. Websense welcomed the creation of the Serious and...
[April 12, 2006, 17:15]
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 tax?
Talkback It's arguable that cyber-crime is just like any other crime and that we already pay tax to cover that. It will be interesting to hear what businesses think of this: will all business be required to pay?
[March 18, 2008, 17:49]
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]
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'
News The rise of e-crime is no longer news. But could UK law-enforcement agencies have done more to prevent internet and IT-related crime reaching a value of £6bn per year, the latest figure reported by the Department for Business, Enterprise...
[October 23, 2008, 15:23]
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. The crime agency added that most businesses would not want...
[January 9, 2007, 11:48]
Insurers scramble to offer e-crime protection
News With e-crime estimated to be costing Britain billions of pounds per year, UK businesses are increasingly looking to their insurance providers for protection against cybercriminals, a prominent insurance-industry executive said on Wednesday.
[February 25, 2004, 16:45]
Police chief's departure won't halt e-crime plans
News The development of a centralised e-crime unit is to go ahead, the Metropolitan Police has said, despite the departure of the project's main proponent. Commander Sue Wilkinson has been leading a project that aims to create a Police Central e-Crime...
[October 4, 2007, 16:03]
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]
Police: Businesses must reveal e-crime
News Businesses must tell the police when they fall victim to e-crime but are often too embarrassed to do so, according to a high-ranking police officer. Detective chief superintendent Chris Corcoran of North Wales Police, chair of the E-crime Wales...
[August 20, 2007, 10:00]
Tracking e-crime
Leader It seems that the rising tide of electronic crime is lapping dangerously close to the chin-straps of London's boys in blue and they need help. Cybercrime is "the most rapidly expanding form of criminality", according to detective chief inspector...
[January 29, 2007, 12:04]
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]
Organised e-crime targets students for recruitment
News As organised criminals move from more traditional crimes, such as armed robbery, towards e-crime, there is evidence that they are targeting university students, graduates and the tech savvy for recruitment, according to security experts and the...
[June 20, 2008, 17:54]
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. If ISPs come across anything suspicious there should be a...
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
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. Lord Erroll today said plans to roll out ID cards in the UK have been promoted by the government as...
[April 25, 2006, 15:50]
Businesses may be forced to fund e-crime unit
News Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a national police e-crime unit under the current proposal being considered by the Home Office. But the private sector has hit back, saying the core funding for a dedicated police unit to...
[March 18, 2008, 7:24]
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. Bill Hughes, the director-general of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), said it had made progress in...
[March 28, 2007, 14:52]
Experts: 'British FBI' won't stop e-crime
News The formation of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) will do little to combat the rising threat of cybercrime and could actually make the problem worse, experts have warned. SOCA, which was launched on 1 April, has been formed from...
[April 3, 2006, 15:35]
