National anti-fraud centre due next year
News The National Fraud Strategic Authority will become operational later this year and recruitment for a National Lead Force to counter fraud is expected to be complete by the end of summer this year. A national centre to co-ordinate strategy for...
[April 29, 2008, 9:22]
E-crime victims uncertain where to turn
News The centre, which was announced in October 2008, will be co-ordinated by the National Fraud Authority (NFA) and is due to become operational in the new year, with a pilot due this October. The authority that used to co-ordinate the police response...
[August 27, 2009, 16:27]
MPs demand more funding for e-crime unit
News Criticism over the PCeU's funding is misguided, according to Home Office minister Alan Campbell, as the unit will be supported by other bodies under the £29m National Fraud Programme, which includes the National Fraud Strategic Authority (NFSA...
[November 6, 2008, 6:30]
eBay cracks down on Romanian fraudsters
News Henley is currently in town to discuss the latest online fraud techniques with representatives from the Australian Federal Police, the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Communications and Media...
[June 28, 2007, 12:11]
EU to launch scam crackdown
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which is the UK's national consumer protection authority, welcomed the establishment of the EU scam-busting network. The European Union will officially launch a crackdown on cross-border scams, including internet...
[February 26, 2007, 15:06]
Darling blames officials for data loss
News He informed banks and building societies through the Financial Services Authority days before the announcement to Parliament so they could take protective action. This investigation is still taking place, but so far has uncovered no evidence of any...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
New software for e-benefits launched
News Local e-government minister Phil Hope said it was intended to speed up claims processing, fight fraud, reduce the number of errors and make the benefits system easier to use for those entitled to make claims.e-Benefits will provide a transactional...
[November 10, 2004, 10:58]
Software firm raided in fraud probe
News The company was originally spun out of iSoft, the company at the centre of Accenture's withdrawal from the NHS's National Programme for IT.iSoft's financial affairs are being investigated by both the Financial Services Authority and the...
[January 31, 2007, 11:45]
Biometric tech gets small town trial
News In line with Civil Aviation Authority rules, the Passport Service must have biometric chips -- containing fingerprint or iris data -- embedded into British passports by 2005, with the service's overall strategy of introducing a biometric "passport...
[August 28, 2003, 9:50]
HSBC companies fined £3m over data breaches
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined HSBC Life £1,610,000, HSBC Actuaries £875,000 and HSBC Insurance Brokers £700,000 — making a total of £3m in penalties between them. It is also worrying that increasing awareness around the importance of...
[July 23, 2009, 9:11]
Satyam 'bullish' under new governance model
News Singapore's Land Transport Authority, he said, had awarded Mahindra Satyam a contract several weeks ago. Former Satyam chairman B Ramalinga Raju admitted to fraud and resigned in January amid a scandal over inflated profit reporting.
[July 6, 2009, 9:32]
Tories: Centralised data creates 'honeypot' for fraud
News The government's head of cybersecurity, Neil Thompson, would be given "the authority and the tools he needs" through this body, Laing said. Referring to polling data showing public worries about information security, she said: "Much of it is the...
[September 29, 2009, 9:11]
Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life
News If someone is just accessing a computer without authority and not doing anything else illegal, there's little point in prosecuting them. Most hackers who are convicted are charged with other offences such as fraud, criminal damage or even software...
[July 7, 1999, 16:35]
A Year Ago: Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life
News If someone is just accessing a computer without authority and not doing anything else illegal, there's little point in prosecuting them. Most hackers who are convicted are charged with other offences such as fraud, criminal damage or even software...
[July 7, 2000, 7:01]
Congress isn't swallowing Carnivore
News We have the legal authority to do what we're doing today," testified Kevin DiGregory, a deputy associate attorney general with the DoJ. Corn-Revere said Carnivore goes far beyond the "very limited surveillance authority provided by a trap and trace...
[July 25, 2000, 9:01]
UK police ask for traffic data from ISPs
News The NHTCU has offered its assurance that this is a precautionary measure, and will only access the information in accordance with specific legal authority. See the Net Crime News Section for the latest on hacking, fraud, viruses and related issues.
[September 17, 2001, 14:02]
Police u-turn on ISP server logs
News When the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) part I, chapter II and the Anti-Terrorism Bill come into force, ISPs can be required to retain traffic data, and must disclose on the authority of a superintendent, all IP addresses of those...
[November 29, 2001, 17:53]
Fraud fears as government get wired
News South London local authority Lewisham is already offering residents the chance to contact the council electronically. Online delivery of government services, announced this week, has sparked fears of fraud among IT professionals.
[February 10, 2000, 9:49]
Open encryption to combat spam and phishing
News A public key infrastructure (PKI) attaches public keys to user identities through a certificate authority. IDtrust will help accomplish that mission," said Peter Alterman, assistant chief information officer at the US National Institutes of Health.
[May 25, 2007, 16:21]
