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Police 'Mug' Suspect to Get Into iPhone While He's Using It
Dec 26, 2016Apple has a quaint belief in privacy. CEO Tim Cook has described it as "an issue of morality." This rather infuriates police forces who'd prefer to be able to trawl through everyone's cell phones in order to obtain evidence. In the ...
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Many Metropolitan Police Officers Are Using Desktop PCs
Jun 19, 2013Many Metropolitan Police officers are using desktop PCs that take more than half an hour to log on, with experts suggesting that the force is to blame for its failure to develop a long-term IT strategy. John Biggs, chair of the London ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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EE Has Hit Back at Claims by The Sunday Times
May 16, 2013EE has hit back at claims by the Sunday Times that it and market research firm Ipsos MORI have been working on a deal that would feed data on EE's 27 million customers to the research firm, and even, allegedly, to the police. An EE ...
Tags: Customer Info, Computer Products, EE
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Government Allocated to Cyber Security in 2010 Was Recently Branded "Embarrassing"
Apr 26, 2013The £650m over four years that the government allocated to cyber security in 2010 was recently branded "embarrassing" by Bob Ayres, a former intelligence officer at the US Department of Defense, in an interview with Computing, and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Government's £650m Budget for Cyber Security Is Not Sufficient
Apr 15, 2013Ex-Metropolitan Police cyber crime detective and current MD of Cyber Security Consulting - which still handles government contracts - Adrian Culley has told Computing that the government's £650m budget for cyber security is not ...
Tags: Cyber Security, Computer Products
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Up to 30,000 New Mobile Devices to Be Distributed Could End up as "Costly Paperweights"
Mar 7, 2013Up to 30,000 new mobile devices to be distributed to Metropolitan Police officers could end up as "costly paperweights", an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee revealed that it would ...
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MPS Needs to Stop Buying The "Shiny Newest Technology"
Mar 6, 2013The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...
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The International CES Is Packed to The Rafters with The Latest in Shiny Gadgets
Jan 11, 2013IDG News Service - The International CES is packed to the rafters with the latest in shiny, often expensive high-tech gadgets, so it's no surprise that theft is a problem for companies exhibiting at the show. Several vendors who rent ...
Tags: International CES, theft, Unirex
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DWP CIO Philip Langsdale Has Passed Away at The Age of 56
Jan 5, 2013The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Philip Langsdale has passed away at the age of 56. Langsdale, who is understood to have passed away suddenly on 22 December, was director of IT at Asda between 1992 and 1997, as well as chief ...
Tags: DWP, CIO, Philip Langsdale, BAA
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MPS to Build a Computer System to Analyse Photo and Video Evidence
Dec 31, 2012Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officials are planning to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered by members of the public using mobile phones. The project was inspired by systems used by broadcasters to ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police Service, computer system, mobile phone
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Security Operators Were Paid a Visit by The Security Industry Authority Searching
Dec 28, 2012Security operators in London were recently paid a visit by the Security Industry Authority searching for illegal operators The Security Industry Authority supported law enforcement partners on Friday night [07 Dec] as part of a ...
Tags: Security Industry, Security operators, Security, nightlife security
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McKinnon Will Not Face Prosecution for His Alleged Hacking of US Govt. Computer Systems
Dec 24, 2012Gary McKinnon will not face prosecution in the UK for his alleged hacking of US government computer systems. The hacker, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, was accused of hacking into military and Nasa computers in 2002, leading to the ...
Tags: Gary McKinnon, computer systems, UK, CPS panel
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The UK PCeU Has Arrested Three People in Connection to Using Ransomware
Dec 24, 2012The UK Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested three people in connection to using ransomware, which security experts say poses a threat to businesses as well as consumers. Ransomware is malicious software that is inadvertently ...
Tags: Ransomware, software, computer, blackmailers
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Beaton to Leave MPS in Mid 2013, Having Worked as Director of Information for 12 Years
Dec 24, 2012Ailsa Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has stepped down. Beaton is to leave the MPS in mid 2013, having worked as director of information for 12 years. No details are yet available as to ...
Tags: Ailsa Beaton, MPS, director, mobile technologies
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Police Arrested Man in Connection with Cyber Attack on Websites Connected to Theresa May
Dec 24, 2012Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a cyber attack on websites connected to home secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in Stoke-on-Trent for questioning under the Serious Crime Act on suspicion of assisting or ...
Tags: DDoS, Theresa May, website, Home Office website
