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Experts split over recession's effect on hi-tech crime
News We will see hi-tech crime accelerating while security budgets are being constrained," Lord Erroll said. Stirland said that hi-tech crime is generally sponsored, and that new scams may be postponed. The police are already seeing an increase in low...
[December 10, 2008, 7:01]
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]
Crime 'more serious online than off'
News The level of organised crime targeting the Internet as a vehicle for its illicit activity is increasing sharply, according to the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Hi-tech crime is increasing significantly," he said.
[December 9, 2002, 9:07]
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]
Stealing our NHTCU is a felony
Leader The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) no longer exists. While we welcome the implication that the government now believes IT-related crime to be serious, the fact that there is no longer an agency with "Hi-Tech" in its title is a step backwards...
[April 3, 2006, 15:15]
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. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) will tackle crimes such as people...
[February 10, 2004, 10:45]
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]
UK arrests in virus investigation
News Two UK men -- a 19-year-old electrician and an unemployed 21-year-old -- are being interviewed today by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). The operation was jointly conducted with officers from Durham Constabulary and the US multi-agency...
[February 6, 2003, 15:32]
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]
Chinese cybercops 'nailing virus writers'
News But she added that hi-tech crime police in other countries are failing to perform as well as the Chinese in hunting virus writers. The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit is dedicated to fighting organised online crime, but currently individual users...
[December 9, 2004, 14:55]
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]
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]
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. Deats wouldn't give any advance details of the survey, but he did say that Mafia-like organised crime gangs...
[April 1, 2005, 14:30]
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]
