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Anonymous Hacks Police Forum, Sends Emails To Officers
Hackers ask police and armed forces to participate in Operation Jubilee
Police Security Tightened After Assange Supporter ‘Steals’ Data
Hackers continue to back Julian Assange in earnest, claiming they stole data from two UK police forces
Police To Investigate School Children’s Data Leak
An alleged hack attack sees children's data leaked online
UK Authorities Threaten Ecuador Embassy Raid For Assange
Assange is facing arrest, but Ecuador says it will respond if the UK intervenes in an asylum attempt
UK Gov And Met Police Implicated In TrapWire Surveillance Scare
Number 10 and Scotland Yard named in leaked emails from Wikileaks
Police Hunt Is On For Ransomware Scam Affecting 1,100 Systems
Ransomware pushers are pretending to be the PCeU to strip people of their funds
Home Office Creates Private Police Technology Company
Police ICT Company will cut costs by combining contracts
Big Data Privacy Fears? Let’s Love Big Brother!
Do you have Big Data privacy concerns? Dominic Pollard says we should relax and trust Big Brother
PCeU Chief: We’re Punching Above Our Weight
The head of the PCeU says the unit is doing a lot with not much funding. Does she want more?
Police Minister Slates IT Delays
Coppers are lagging on tech, says Minister Nick Herbert
Police BlackBerry Scheme Slated In New Report
The scheme to equip Britain's police forces with BlackBerry phones has been heavily criticised in a report by MPs
Met Launches Major Offensive On Online Fraud
The Met and the British Retail Consortium are working together as part of a major initiative to catch online fraudsters
Facebook Hacker Given 12 Month Sentence
Man from Sussex tracked down by Met Police's e-Crime Unit for Facebook account hack
Twitter Resists US Injunction To Hand Over Protester Tweets
Twitter is resisting a US injunction ordering it to hand over Tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protestor
Host of Credit Card Data Selling Websites Shut Down
SOCA helps stop data-selling fraudsters spread in a major global operation
Australian Police Wanted For Mass Software Piracy
New South Wales Police allegedly broke licensing agreement and shared software with other law enforcement agencies
How Facebook’s Paedophile Blocking Can Backfire
Facebook's blocking system is flawed, but linguistic and behavioural software can fix it, argues Tom Brewster
Alleged TeaMp0ison Member Charged With Computer Misuse
A 17-year-old is charged for two offences, one relating to the Anti-Terror Hotline hoax calls, another to the Computer Misuse Act
Abortion Hacker Sentenced To 32 Months
James Jeffery pleads guilty to hacking BPAS website and records
Police Looking Into Allegations Phorm Wined and Dined Officer
TechWeekEurope learns the police are investigating claims one of its officers was taken to lunch by Phorm in 2010
Met Police To Use 1980s Software To Safeguard Olympics
Scotland Yard has confirmed that the Met will be using command and control software from the 1980s during this summer's games
Met Arrests 14 Over £1m Phishing Scam
PCeU strikes again, taking in 14 people during an investigation into a major phishing operation
Police Arrest Man Accused Of Hacking Abortion Website
Man believed to have links with Anonymous is arrested by Met Police's e-Crime unit after BPAS is hacked
Danish Police Accidentally Censor 8,000 Sites With Child Porn Filter
Google and Facebook among the sites briefly blocked in police blunder
The Dangerous World Of Bring Your Own Devastation (BYOD)
A Bring Your Own Device policy has many attractive attributes but the security risks can be enormous and, as yet, unfathomed, says Eric Doyle
Met Police Alerts ICO After It Shares 1,000 Victims’ Email Adresses
The Metropolitan Police apologises after it sends 1,136 emails while sending out a survey
BlackBerry: From Police Tool To Looters’ Toy?
The UK police's BlackBerry project has been criticised, but is kicking BlackBerry just this year's fashion, asks Peter Judge
Police BlackBerry Scheme Slated For Lack Of Organisation
According to the National Audit Office, the government programme “did not provide value for money”
Lincolnshire Police Outsource IT Systems In £200m Deal
Lincolnshire Police Authority agree deal with G4S which could save £28m