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Internet crime sprees getting more costly
News The 2001 Computer Crime and Security Survey found that various cybercrimes accounted for $378m in losses among the 186 companies that were able to quantify their damages in 2001. E-business is at greater risk than ever to attackers, including...
[March 13, 2001, 9:09]
UK Internet Governance Forum launched
News The inaugural UK Internet Governance Forum was held at the Houses of Parliament on Thursday and featured representatives from Nominet, the Specialist Crime Directorate, several MPs and a British ambassador.
[March 6, 2008, 16:19]
US endorses Internet Governance Forum
News The forum is meant to be a central point for global discussions of everything from computer security and online crime to spam and other "misuses of the Internet". Gross also pointed to language in the agreement saying the forum should be "subject...
[November 16, 2005, 13:40]
High-tech police tackle Internet crime
News The National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has been set up in reaction to the increasing use of the Internet by criminals. 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]
High tech crime chief calls for new Internet laws
News The director general of the National Crime Squad (NCS) admitted today that UK legislation is inadequate for dealing with computer-based crime. Bill Hughes voiced his concerns during the launch of the UK's National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) on...
[April 18, 2001, 14:21]
Coronation Street prepares chatroom danger plot
News The Home Office has provided Granada, makers of Coronation Street, with the Internet Crime Forum report, Chatwise, Streetwise published in March, in order to educate them in the issues surrounding online "grooming".
[May 14, 2001, 10:55]
Broadband will impede cybercops
News Speaking at a European Commission forum on cybercrime last Wednesday, detective chief superintendent Keith Ackerman, chairman of the UK Internet Crime Forum said that the police were unable to track down 500 members of a child porn ring because of...
[March 13, 2001, 15:35]
British children are surfing the Web for porn
News A recent government-backed Internet Crime Forum report found 4.8 million children under 16 to be using the Internet, of whom 23 percent made use of chatrooms. Take me to ZDNet's Net Crime Special Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet...
[May 10, 2001, 11:31]
Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News The Home Office is claiming that a recent briefing paper from the Internet Crime Forum has not recommended a change in law. Up to 80 "cybercops" will be deployed both nationally and locally to tackle growing levels of crime on the Internet.
[November 13, 2000, 14:04]
Yahoo! shows tougher line on piracy than child porn
News A forthcoming report by the Internet Crime Forum purports that "around 20 percent of [UK] Internet chatroom-using kids have been approached by paedophiles and other undesirables, while online". This is a crime -- it will hurt broadcasters as well...
[March 7, 2001, 13:27]
FBI agent reveals details of cybercrime sting
News We kicked off an undercover operation to try to penetrate these underground crime groups that are running these forums on the internet. Our intention was to try to penetrate the groups and dismantle them like we would with organised crime.
[May 7, 2009, 17:12]
Another Net paedophile sentenced in Britain
News The Home Office unveiled plans for a new taskforce last month, charged with the specific responsibility of implementing recommendations contained within the Internet Crime Forum report Chat Wise, Street Wise.
[April 30, 2001, 7:31]
Home Office Web site adopts adult rating
News The Home Office has endorsed the ICRA system in the Internet Crime Forum report Chat Wise, Street Wise, and the new taskforce led by Home Office minister Lord Bassam has included it in its recommendations for improving child safety online.
[May 4, 2001, 10:06]
New ISP promises child-friendly surfing
News The Internet Crime Forum (ICF) report, published in March, revealed that one in five of the 4.8 million children online in the UK have been approached by paedophiles in Internet chatrooms. Take me to ZDNet's Net Crime Special
[May 4, 2001, 14:14]
40 year old law puts children at risk
News The Home Office is currently awaiting recommendations from the Internet Crime Forum -- a coalition of the police, industry and government -- before responding to Blatch's proposal. The amendment would seek to deal with a chatroom predator before...
[November 1, 2000, 16:20]
Resignation rush threatens Internet watchdog
News Feather will continue to represent the British telco Thus on the Internet Crime Forum -- a group set up by the Association of Chief Police Officers to enhance an effective working relationship between industry and law enforcement to tackle crime...
[January 8, 2002, 13:50]
News Roundup: UK cracks down on Internet crime
News There is no doubt about it: Internet crime is on the rise. High tech crime chief calls for new Internet laws High-tech police tackle Internet crime Last week the UK government launched its High-Tech Crime Unit to concentrate on issues that affect...
[April 23, 2001, 14:33]
A Year Ago: Government plans e-surveillance
News If it is for the purpose of detecting or preventing serious crime According to the government, interception is vital to prevent crime. For example, a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose is one definition of a serious crime.
[September 27, 2000, 7:02]
Police disorganisation blamed for rise in Net crime
News Thirteen suspected paedophiles were arrested Wednesday, as part of Britain's biggest ever police operation against child pornography on the Internet, but a chief superintendent at the Metropolitan Police has admitted that police officers in the...
[January 18, 2001, 15:11]
Police: Not enough evidence for paedophile crackdown
News The Internet Crime Forum (ICF) report, published on Tuesday, revealed that one in five of the 4.8 million children online in the UK have been approached by paedophiles in Internet chatrooms. At the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) first...
[March 22, 2001, 11:25]
