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UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News However, according to a senior government official, who wished not to be named, the OCS will have a role in coordinating cyber-offense capabilities that will build on the resources the government currently has.
[June 25, 2009, 10:00]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News Yaman Akdenis, director of UK Internet rights group Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties condemns the proposals as evidence of blatant disregard for personal liberty. It is written on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), HM Customs...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
Home Office says 'no' to cybercrime figures
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties, brands the Home Office's approach "suspicious". The failure to quantify how much criminal activity is taking place on the Net has become a bone of contention between the Home Office and...
[April 20, 2001, 15:10]
New powers put privacy laws to the test
News The troubles start once the data is accessed," said Dr Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties. The powers are the latest expansion of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), passed last year, which will require ISPs to...
[June 12, 2002, 16:58]
Project Trawler: Cyber crime in the UK
News Project Trawler -- the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) three-year study into cyber crime in the UK -- has found that paedophiles and criminals using the Net for secure communication are the two biggest problems facing law enforcement...
[June 22, 1999, 17:05]
UK expert calls for entrapment of paedophiles
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties is however less critical of the UK approach towards catching Internet paedophiles. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) have...
[October 25, 2000, 11:07]
A Year Ago: Government plans e-surveillance
News Following ZDNet's interview with Akerman, Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and e-commerce advisor civil liberties organisation Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties, suggested that the real agenda behind IOCA is being set by intelligence agency GCHQ.
[September 27, 2000, 7:02]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance
News Following ZDNet's interview with Akerman, Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and e-commerce advisor civil liberties organisation Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties, suggested that the real agenda behind IOCA is being set by intelligence agency GCHQ.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
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. The PCeU will also play a vital role in helping police forces across the country improve skills and...
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Australia suffers billion-dollar identity fraud
News The High Tech Crime Centre, formed earlier this year, which involves the Australian Federal Police (AFP) working together with international counterparts such as the FBI Cyber Crimes Division to investigate computer-related crimes such as fake Web...
[November 12, 2003, 9:20]
Jane Wakefield: Anarchy in the UK
News There's money laundering, extortion and fraud commonplace as cyber activities not to mention a proliferation of porn -- or as he puts it -- "blackmailers, conmen and perverts". Which is exactly the phrase he used during a debate Friday at Oxford...
[May 2, 2000, 12:42]
Brown pumps funds into espionage tech
News I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism; and that...
[March 19, 2008, 17:37]
FBI urges greater co-operation from US tech firms
News The goal is to exchange information between government offices and corporations regarding "physical and cyber assets that are critical to the health, safety and welfare of Texas residents". Created in 1996, InfraGard is an information-sharing...
[September 6, 2002, 9:48]
US crypto bill clears first hurdle
News On one hand, businesses, civil libertarians and ordinary citizens want technology that will keep them safe from hackers, thieves and even cyber terrorists. Industry and civil liberties groups say such plans are futile, because strong encryption is...
[March 25, 1999, 10:33]
Police get go ahead for cyber crime squad
News The long-awaited cyber crime unit moves a step closer Tuesday as the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Home Office approve the plan. As previously reported on ZDNet News, the unit -- dedicated to solving computer and Internet...
[October 26, 1999, 15:12]
Privacy experts slam snooping code of practice
News The public consultation period was opened on Monday, but cyber-liberty advocates are angry that the government has made no attempt to set a framework for accessing personal communications data legitimately.
[August 15, 2001, 16:40]
Government criticised for limiting online privacy
News The government has deliberately hampered the take-up of encryption software to maintain police and intelligence access to communications, according to Nicholas Bohm, e-commerce adviser to civil liberties organisation Cyber Rights.
[September 9, 1999, 7:15]
Government to create 'snoop unit'
News A spokesman for NCIS says the unit will form part of a wider Cyber Crime Squad and points out that the unit will be have to be involved in real-time surveillance. The Cabinet Office published a report in May calling for "a technical assistance...
[September 7, 1999, 10:49]
Government to launch cyber crime unit
News The Home Office has given the go ahead for the setting up of a cyber crime unit and thrown £337,000 at the project. For the most recent Cyber Crime stories, go to our latest Roundup The NCIS spokesman is hopeful the government will give police the...
[January 18, 2000, 10:40]
Government defends new cyber-snooping powers
News The cyber crime-fighting unit is due to be created "very soon", the spokeswoman said. The government defended its decision to give police the power to snoop on the Internet Friday, but said it had no hard figures to back up its stance.
[November 19, 1999, 16:22]
