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Police e-crime unit set for gov't go-ahead
News The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a reality, according to one of the architects of the project. Currently, the 43 UK police forces deal with e-crime separately but...
[April 28, 2008, 8:24]
Police e-crime unit calls for industry aid
News Police are now in talks with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and other industry bodies about using online investigators at banks and retailers to help spot the origin of large attacks on their customers and pass the details to the...
[December 11, 2008, 7:15]
Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'
News The Police Central e-Crime Unit has been hailed as a "giant step forward" by Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson. Earlier this month, British businesses questioned whether the £7m Police Central e-Crime Unit would be able to help tackle a...
[October 30, 2008, 15:55]
UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests
News The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. The Zeus Trojan is a piece of malware used increasingly by criminals to obtain huge quantities of sensitive information from...
[November 19, 2009, 14:06]
Police chief's departure won't halt e-crime plans
News Commander Sue Wilkinson has been leading a project that aims to create a Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), to which businesses will be able to report incidents of cybercrime. The MPS will continue to strive to obtain public and private funding...
[October 4, 2007, 16:03]
National anti-fraud centre ready for action
News Metropolitan Police Service detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit, has revealed that pilots for the National Fraud Reporting Centre are due to begin imminently.
[October 3, 2008, 8:53]
E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the proposed Policing Central e-Crime Unit (PCEU), said regular talks are taking place between government, police bodies and industry about how to fund and run the unit.
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
Tories attack gov't over cybercrime delay
News The unit would provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from police forces across the country, as well as offering a central point of contact for reporting e-crime.
[April 4, 2008, 8:46]
E-crime victims uncertain where to turn
News A year after the NHTCU was disbanded, the Metropolitan Police said they were "overwhelmed" by e-crime, and proposed the creation of the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU). The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said in its inaugural e...
[August 27, 2009, 16:27]
iPhone's remote wiping may help crooks cover tracks
News The government has committed itself to funding such a unit and indicated it could be part of the proposed National Fraud Reporting Centre, under the Attorney General's Office, while the Metropolitan Police Service and the Association of Chief...
[September 3, 2008, 8:33]
Cybercops score against football fraudsters
Blog The Police Central e-Crime Unit, which launched earlier this year, has notched up a series of wins against websites aimed to defraud sports fans. The success could play well for the unit, which has carried out three major operations since being set...
[August 11, 2009, 15:03]
Police e-crime unit seeks industry recruits
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service — one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit announced on Tuesday — has proposed recruiting individuals from industry to assist the unit with investigations.
[October 2, 2008, 8:30]
Fears over funding for police e-crime unit
News From spring 2009, the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), announced on Tuesday by the Home Office, will co-ordinate law enforcement efforts against all online offences and lead national investigations into the most serious e-crime.
[October 2, 2008, 7:58]
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'
News The announcement last month of the formation of the new Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) will be seen by some as an admission that the April 2006 decision to roll the former National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) into the more strategic Serious...
[October 23, 2008, 15:23]
E-crime unit seeks insight from IT industry
News The Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) event will take place in Reading on 24 February, and is to be held under the auspices of the Corporate IT Forum. The Metropolitan Police's nascent e-crime unit is stepping up its efforts to communicate with UK...
[February 10, 2009, 11:04]
UK cybercrime unit tasked with securing Olympics IT
News The Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) is in talks with Atos Origin and other IT suppliers to the London 2012 Games to secure the Games's IT backbone, which will support 1,000 servers and 10,000 PCs as well as wireless access at Olympic Park and...
[January 14, 2009, 10:40]
MPs demand more funding for e-crime unit
News In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud on Wednesday, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the £7m funding for the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU). We do welcome the Police Central e-Crime Unit's creation.
[November 6, 2008, 6:30]
E-crime police see UK firms pledging techies' time
News The financial slowdown in the retail, banking and telecoms sectors is expected to see more businesses offer their IT staff rather than money to support the £7m Police Central E-crime Unit (PCeU), according to joint architect of the PCeU, detective...
[January 20, 2009, 8:04]
Met criticises local police e-crime response
News The Metropolitan Police is currently setting up a business plan and looking at funding for the central e-crime unit, so a definite timescale for its operation could not be given, according to a spokeswoman.
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
Police aim to develop 'computer breathalyser'
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, joint architect of the UK's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), said front-line police ideally need a digital forensic tool as easy to use as the breathalyser, to help them deal with growing numbers of...
[December 12, 2008, 7:28]
