UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites
News Detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, who is the head of Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), said on Tuesday that the most vulnerable people in society need to be protected from corrupting influences.
[February 24, 2004, 14:30]
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. According to Hynds, companies who haven't made their systems...
[December 10, 2002, 15:22]
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. When they learn how we work, they usually cooperate...
[February 24, 2004, 16:15]
Transatlantic clampdown to hit extreme Web sites
News For it [the Internet] to continue to grow as a mainstream medium for businesses, education and entertainment, it must design out the minority factors that inhabit cyberspace for their own perverse gratification," said detective chief...
[March 9, 2004, 13:55]
Confidential reports to aid cybercrime crackdown
News Speaking at a global law enforcement conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday, detective chief superintendent Len Hynds admitted that the true scale of Internet crime in Britain is unknown. Hynds told the conference that a confidential channel for...
[June 22, 2001, 13:02]
Crime 'more serious online than off'
News In his opening address to the UK's first e-crime congress on Monday, DCS Hynds highlighted the significant threat posed by organised criminals. Hynds said society must question the mindset that recoils from the thought of breaking into a house and...
[December 9, 2002, 9:07]
High-tech cops hit back against ISP claims
News However, according to Hynds, every local police force has its own computer crime unit, which was not the case four years ago. These are staffed by specialist officers who are experienced in network investigation and computer forensics," Hynds said.
[April 5, 2004, 14:45]
Law may be updated to cover DoS attacks
News Len Hynds, head of the NHCTU, agrees. The key question is whether a system is changed when data stored in the random access memory (RAM) is modified -- our advice is that it is," Hynds said, speaking at the e-crime congress on Monday.
[December 11, 2002, 16:52]
High-tech police tackle Internet crime
News NHTCU will be headed up by detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, previously of the National Crime Squad. Home secretary Jack Straw today launched the UK's first high-tech crime unit on Wednesday at London's Science Museum.
[April 18, 2001, 10:19]
Internet fraudsters sentenced to 15 years
News Detective Chief Superintendent Len Hynds, head of the NHTCU, said the case underlines the need for people to do everything they can to protect that most precious commodity -- their identity. Six men were sentenced for a total of 15 and a half years...
[November 21, 2003, 16:15]
UK man arrested in phishing probe
News Detective chief superindent Les Hynds from the NHTCU refused to say how the phishing scam was traced back to the suspect but sent out a warning to potential phishers. Anybody who thinks that they can copy the scam and get away with it is sorely...
[February 7, 2005, 14:10]
Copycat phisher arrested for Smile attacks
News DCS Len Hynds, head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, said in a statement that the message is that people who launch phishing attacks will be caught. Police have arrested a 21-year-old British man suspected of launching a phishing attack, in...
[April 29, 2004, 12:30]
'Trojan' emails conceal theft tools
News Detective Chief Superintendent Len Hynds, Head of the NHTCU said in a statement: "The criminals behind these attacks are constantly evolving their techniques and changing tactics to target a wider range of victims.
[August 13, 2004, 15:15]
