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The National Crime Agency’s Anti-Cyber Crime Campaign is Embarrassing and Ignorant
The National Crime Agency embarked on an appalling advertising campaign yesterday “aimed at educating the parents of 12-15 year old boys” who might be proponents of cyber-crime. Already we can see the ignorance flowing here, as focusing on the male gender is incorrect, and targeting such a narrow age range seems…
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NCA Website Temporarily Taken Offline by Lizard Squad DDOS Revenge Attack
The National Crime Agency is a UK body which tackles online cyber attacks and recently arrested 6 people for using Lizard Squad’s DDOS tool. In an act of retaliation, the hacking group conducted a DDOS attack on the NCA website. The team mockingly used the NCA’s logo in a Twitter…
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UK National Crime Agency Arrests Five in Cybercrime Sweep, While Threats Continue
As part of an international operation targeting cybercriminals using remote access tools (RATs) to hijack computers, five people were arrested in the UK. There is an international effort to promote cybersecurity for both consumers and businesses, along with trying to crack down against cybercriminals. The National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested…
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UK National Crime Agency Disrupts ‘Shylock’ Malware
Distribution of the “Shylock” malware has been disrupted by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), in an effort to prevent a growing number of users from being compromised. The Shylock malware reportedly infected more than 30,000 PCs across the world, with a specific focus on targeting bank accounts of UK…
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Four Men Arrested Over Silk Road Links
Silk Road, the illegal drug and services website that was operating on the Tor network, was taken off-line last week. This was shortly after the sites founder was arrested and questioned by the FBI. Now we see the story developing as four more men have been arrested in the UK…
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