The UK Government recognises the significant threat from cyber crime to UK businesses, charities, individuals and the educational sector. As part of the national strategy to tackle the threat of cyber crime, the national Cyber Protect network has been created. Led by the City of London Police and that National Police Chief’s Council, the...
The UK has a problem. A large number of young people are committing criminal offences which are contrary to the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Estimates vary, but some figures estimate that 1 in 4 teenagers has attempted something which is illegal under that act. We know that the average age of arrest for cyber...
Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the theft of more than £22million worth of cryptocurrency from an estimated four thousand-plus victims worldwide, led by the South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SW RCCU) and Dutch police. The five men and one woman were arrested in simultaneous warrants at 7am...
A drug dealer from Portsmouth has been jailed, after officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) found over 10kg of drugs in his vehicle. Kenneth Hine, 53, of Almondsbury Road, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class B drugs at a Winchester Crown Court hearing on Wednesday (19/6), after...
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...