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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. Bill Hughes, director general of the National Crime Squad, said in a...
[February 10, 2004, 10:45]
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]
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]
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]
UK Police Chief: Shut Down 'abhorrent' Web Sites
Talkback The National Hi Tech Crime Unit has (as far as I can see) done nothing about this so far - I'm beginning to suspect it consists of at most four policeman, one computer and a box of donuts. Currently, customers of my company are being hit by massive...
[February 25, 2004, 15:59]
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]
Sober Worm Impersonates High-tech Cops
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned computer users not to fall victim to the latest Sober worm attack, which is now spreading via an email that pretends to come from the cybercrime-fighting police unit.
[November 29, 2005, 12:40]
UK Police Ask For Traffic Data From ISPs
News The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has asked UK ISPs to retain all traffic data for the next month, in order to assist with the terrorist investigations. In the very least, a crime has been committed -- and exemption from the Act would come...
[September 17, 2001, 14:02]
Insecure Networks Targeted By Paedophiles
News The head of the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has warned that UK companies with poor IT security could unknowingly be hosting child pornography on their servers. Speaking at Britain's first e-crime congress in London on Monday, detective...
[December 10, 2002, 15:22]
Copycat Phisher Arrested For Smile Attacks
News Officers from the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit arrested the man, from Lytham St Anne's in Lancashire, after Smile, the Internet bank operated by The Co-operative Bank, reported the scam to the NTHCU in March.
[April 29, 2004, 12:30]
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. Later this year, the unit will launch "Project Endurance", a UK-wide IT security-awareness campaign, and next...
[April 1, 2005, 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]
Foiled £220m Heist Highlights Spyware Threat
News The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit has foiled the world's largest potential bank robbery. Thieves were plotting a high-tech coup, with the aid of spyware, to steal £220m from the London offices of Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui.
[March 17, 2005, 9:25]
Police Play Down Grand National Hack Threat
News Claims that organised criminals will launch a flood of electronic attacks on the Internet sites of British bookmakers this weekend are wide of the mark, the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said on Wednesday.
[March 31, 2004, 15:05]
E-CRIME & WEB THREATS
White Papers This trend toward "hacking for profit" has been signalled by respected sources such as the SANS™ Institute (United States), the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (United Kingdom) and Websense Security Labs™ (global).
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
