A 24-year-old man has been charged with blackmail and cybercrime offences after a business’s data was targeted. Ashley Liles, of Fleetwood, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire was charged with one count of Blackmail and one count of unauthorised access to a computer with intent to commit other offences under the Computer Misuse Act.  This was...

Three men from Portsmouth have been charged in connection with firearm offences. The men; Peter Black, aged 38-years-old, of no fixed abode; Russell Ormrod, aged 44-years-old, of no fixed abode and Paul Churcher, aged 46-years old, of Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth were each charged with one count of attempting to possess/acquire a prohibited weapon...

A man from Berkshire has today (28/3) been given a suspended jail sentence, after illegally gaining access to networks belonging to Microsoft and Nintendo. Zammis Clark, 24, of Agar Crescent, Bracknell, was jailed for 15 months, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty to five counts of computer hacking, including gaining access to unauthorised...

A former police inspector from Kent has been jailed today (12/3), after a arranging to meet a child with the intention of committing sexual offences. Glenn Jones, 56, of Tutsham Way, Tonbridge, formerly an inspector at Thames Valley Police, was sentenced to three years’ and six months imprisonment with a further three years on...