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Hi-Tech Crime Unit probes viruses for terrorism links
Talkback I quote: Sobig.F carried a type of "Trojan'' program, so named because it embeds itself on an infected machine and gives the virus writer the capability of controlling the computer from a remote location.
[October 14, 2003, 14:59]
Cybercrime hitting the UK hard
News Electronic crime cost UK companies an estimated £2.45bn last year, the National Hi-tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Tuesday. Billions of pounds are being lost to the UK economy through high-tech crime," said Detective Superintendent Mick Deats...
[April 5, 2005, 13:10]
Hi-tech police to join new UK force
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) will be a key plank of the UK government's plans to tackle 21st-century organised crime with a new FBI-style crime-fighting agency. Bill Hughes, director general of the National Crime Squad, said in a...
[February 10, 2004, 10:45]
UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites
News The most senior officer from the UK's Hi-Tech Crime Unit has called for Web sites devoted to subjects such as cannibalism and necrophilia to be closed down, claiming they contribute to Internet criminality.
[February 24, 2004, 14:30]
High-tech cops hit back against ISP claims
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has delivered a robust defence of the UK's e-crime-fighting capabilities, following critical comments made by Malcolm Hutty, regulation officer at the London Internet Exchange (LINX), last week.
[April 5, 2004, 14:45]
Firms keeping quiet about e-crime
News The research, conducted by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), found that just 24 percent of companies targeted by cybercriminals decided to contact the authorities. Over 200 companies were surveyed by the NHTCU for its 2003 Hi-Tech Crime...
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
High-tech cops probe premium-rate Internet fraud
News ICSTIS has been forced to call in the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) after being hit with a surge in complaints. We can't work out what the problem is, so have recently started talking to the Hi-Tech Crime Unit so they can do a criminal...
[June 23, 2004, 15:25]
Experts: 'British FBI' won't stop e-crime
News SOCA, which was launched on 1 April, has been formed from several existing police bodies including the National Crime Squad and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit had some success in taking down fake auction and escrow...
[April 3, 2006, 15:35]
Police to become masters of cybercrime
News Apart from specialist cybercrime teams, such as the Hi-Tech Crime Unit, the police regularly demonstrate that they are unprepared and under resourced to handle the recent explosion in computer-related crimes.
[June 3, 2004, 17:50]
Five steps to a safer e-Britain
Leader It's hard to see how an extra body will help when the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, NISCC and the e-government unit are already addressing the problem from different angles. It's always encouraging to see MPs debating the threat that electronic...
[December 1, 2005, 10:55]
UK police struggling to fight cybercrime
News But a spokesperson from the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said it would only employ external experts if it needed to on a case to case basis. The report highlights the need for the police to have the training and the technology needed to deal with...
[March 4, 2005, 16:15]
MPs: Firms should take fight to cybercriminals
News I suspect that occasionally a corporation, hacked and embarrassed on the front page of the Metro, may have slightly more interest in pursuing the hacker to the end of the earth than the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit or the CPS, because they are, as...
[June 30, 2004, 15:15]
Insecure networks targeted by paedophiles
News The head of the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned that UK companies with poor IT security could unknowingly be hosting child pornography on their servers. Speaking at Britain's first e-crime congress in London on Monday, detective...
[December 10, 2002, 15:22]
Official: Cybercrime is growing
News The UK's online police force, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), has confirmed that the level of crime on the Internet is growing. Later this year, the unit will launch "Project Endurance", a UK-wide IT security-awareness campaign, and next...
[April 1, 2005, 14:30]
UK police ask for traffic data from ISPs
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has asked UK ISPs to retain all traffic data for the next month, in order to assist with the terrorist investigations. In the very least, a crime has been committed -- and exemption from the Act would come...
[September 17, 2001, 14:02]
International crackdown nets ID theft ring
News Other agencies that took part in the investigation included the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit; the US Department of Justice; the US Department of State; the Vancouver, B.C. The investigation started in July 2003 when the Secret Service, now part...
[October 29, 2004, 8:54]
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'
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 (NHTCU) into the more strategic Serious...
[October 23, 2008, 15:23]
UK cybercops catch suspected Russian blackmailers
News Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Wednesday that it had helped to smash a Russian gang involved in online extortion and money-laundering. Three men were arrested in a series of raids that targeted an online protection...
[July 21, 2004, 14:55]
Manchester police call for backup after cyberattack
News Computer crime experts at the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) have been called in to help investigate an attempted DoS attack on the Greater Manchester Police (GMP). GMP chief constable Michael Todd was bombarded with 2,000 emails per hour at...
[July 12, 2005, 17:25]
Sober worm impersonates high-tech cops
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned computer users not to fall victim to the latest Sober worm attack, which is now spreading via an email that pretends to come from the cybercrime-fighting police unit.
[November 29, 2005, 12:40]
