http://www.silicon.com Results for NHTCU en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39395431,00.htm The e-crime unit is replacing the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was folded into the Serious Organised Crime Agency in April 2006. At the Corporate IT Forum consultation, the PCeU's Gordon Holmes will detail the role and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39335894,00.htm Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said that the figures compare unfavourably with the £25m of funding used to start up the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the forerunner to PCeU that was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39222363,00.htm But a Soca spokesman said there were more resources dedicated to the e-crime unit within Soca then there had been in the NHTCU, saying it was served by a team of 58 staff focusing almost exclusively on cyber crime, and that child pornography was... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/ciojury/0,3800003161,39170382,00.htm All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct National High-Tech Crime Unit... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170349,00.htm UK citizens and businesses have weathered unrelenting attacks from online phishers and hackers in recent years, while witnessing a gradual erosion of the ability of police forces to deal with everyday e-crime. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170345,00.htm Police, businesses and politicians have been calling for a dedicated cyber crime unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in 2006.silicon.com has also this week launched... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170344,00.htm It is absurd that the government removed the NHTCU [National High Tech Crime Unit] without putting anything in place to fill the gap. He said: "We desperately need 'son of NHTCU'. The demise of the NHTCU means that UK Plcs today have nowhere to go... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170342,00.htm Police, businesses and politicians say Britain is ill equipped to deal with the growing threat and have been demanding a dedicated e-crime police unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious Organised Crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170040,00.htm The UK used to have a dedicated police e-crime fighting body - called the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - but this was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April 2006. The decision to merge the NHTCU with Soca was not a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167883,00.htm Roberts added the UK needs the return of the NHTCU, or a similar organisation that understands e-crime, has an international remit and has the authority to do something about electronic crimes. SOCA said the NHTCU has become the core of the e-crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39163015,00.htm Maksakov, Petrov and Stepanov were arrested in 2004, through a joint operation between the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and the Russian authorities. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which has now replaced the NHTCU, confirmed... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:10:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39159282,00.htm Cases such as the Archiveus incident would previously have been dealt with by the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was amalgamated into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:55:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/ecrime/0,3800011283,39157818,00.htm But one of the lesser-noted implications of the launch of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is the fate of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which along with a number of other specialist groups has been rolled into the agency. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:12:50 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39157802,00.htm The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is to bring 4,000 specialist agents together and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the UK's computer police - has become part of the new body. Not so, insists a spokeswoman for SOCA, who told... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39156125,00.htm Gibson said the decision to roll the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) into a new larger agency, The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), in April 2006 would actually make it harder for businesses to work out to whom they should report an... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:05:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39155146,00.htm In that instance spyware, or a physical key logging device, was installed on a computer inside the bank and used to steal data which facilitated a £220m transfer of funds - thwarted by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:50:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39154622,00.htm More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of information stolen from companies with more than a thousand employees was taken by an insider, according to a study commissioned by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39153693,00.htm A Word document sent in error to silicon.com has revealed that the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has specifically been consulting only with security and online fraud experts willing to pay between £50,000 and £150,000 in order to raise... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:30:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39153582,00.htm If a crime involves a complex international web of criminal activity, it can be difficult to gather sufficient evidence for a conviction, according to Howard Lamb, crime reduction co-ordinator for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39153152,00.htm The two were identified by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) as members of the hacking group "THr34t Krew". Detective superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the NHTCU, said in a statement: "Over the past year, the National Hi-Tech Crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:45:02 +0000