AI + ML
UK police lack framework for adopting new tech like AI and face recognition, Lords told
Governance structure is 'a bush, not a tree' – whatever that means
19 Jan 2022 09:30 | 15
Police
Articles tagged with Police
Security
Ukrainian cops nab husband and wife suspected to be part of $1m ransomware operation
Plus three other suspects nicked in raids today
13 Jan 2022 15:31 | 5
Security
EU data watchdog to Europol: You've helped yourself to too much data
Law enforcement agency now has one year to delete any data older than 6 months not related to criminal activity
11 Jan 2022 11:47 | 8
Security
Police National Computer not pwned by Clop ransomware crims, insists Home Office
Scottish MSP Dacoll was hit, however
20 Dec 2021 15:51 | 20
Security
Canadian charged with running ransomware attack on US state of Alaska
Cross-border op nabbed our man, boast cops and prosecutors
08 Dec 2021 19:02 | 11
AI + ML
Euro Parliament backs ban on cops using blanket facial-recognition surveillance
Majority of MEPs want end to police face-ID'ing anyone and everyone in public, and more
07 Oct 2021 06:22 | 19
Databases
Spending watchdog blames British Home Office for delays to £1bn crime-fighting IT system
Department says it's prepared to run ailing Police National Computer out of support if it has to
13 Sep 2021 14:30 | 11
Security
LA cops told to harvest social media handles from people they stop, suspect or not
Policies revealed after long battle for transparency and accountability
09 Sep 2021 03:50 | 109
AI + ML
Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance
Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave
07 Sep 2021 15:20 | 21
Security
ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested
Cops can read the SMTP spec too, y'know
07 Sep 2021 11:31 | 115
AI + ML
Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech
Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'
21 Jul 2021 08:30 | 12
Science
Australian geoboffins have zoomed in and enhanced CSI-style soil analysis: Bung it in a machine, find the crime scene
New approach could lead to a system for geolocating dirt samples
07 Jul 2021 10:47 | 6
Security
What's this about a lawyer looking for an heir? City of London Police seek IT crew to help crack down on fraud
Contract worth £75m over seven years
05 Jul 2021 15:13 | 6
Databases
Doggy DNA database adopted by Gloucestershire cops to bring crims to heel
Pet parents asked to fork over £75 for the privilege, though
24 Jun 2021 13:45 | 36
Offbeat
UK spends £36m on 18 little 'bullet-proof' boats to protect Royal Navy assets
Like the massive ships with miniguns
16 Jun 2021 15:52 | 82
Security
Cuffed: Ukraine police collar six Clop ransomware gang suspects in joint raids with South Korean cops
Cobalt Strike and Flawedammyy RAT named as favoured tools
16 Jun 2021 13:37 | 11
Security
Belgian police seize 28 tons of cocaine after 'cracking' Sky ECC's chat app encryption
Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages
08 Apr 2021 10:39 | 84
Security
UK to introduce new laws and a code of practice for police wanting to rifle through mobile phone messages
But there's a lot more to worry about in new Bill, say campaigners
11 Mar 2021 11:30 | 30
Updated
Brit cybercops issue tender to rip and replace their formerly flaw-ridden CyberAlarm tool
Plus: Where did their original logo come from?
10 Mar 2021 09:30 | 11
Storage
Minister tells the House of Lords it'll be another 12 weeks before UK's deleted criminal records can be restored
99.5% were from before 2011 – so that's OK
09 Feb 2021 11:31 | 39
On-Prem
Cor, get a load of moneybags Northamptonshire: Eight resellers win places on £5bn police framework
Before you choke on your tea, authority likely won't splash anything near that
14 Jan 2021 11:43 | 2
Security
Channel Isles cop sacked after abusing police database to track down women drivers for Instagram 'comic' page
Community service for creepy constable
07 Dec 2020 16:14 | 48
SaaS
Sopra Steria gets £££££££s to manage cops' Oracle e-Biz suite in Oracle's cloud in Cleveland, UK
The bad guys looking after the good guys... or is that the other way round? Life's so complicated
12 Nov 2020 10:15 | 1
Security
Thought the FBI were the only ones able to unlock encrypted phones? Pretty much every US cop can get the job done
Massive public records request reveals scale of warrantless surveillance
21 Oct 2020 23:34 | 150
Security
Here's US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
Don't worry, says the internet giant, this doesn't happen too often
09 Oct 2020 12:04 | 71
Security
Disgraced cop, 55, spared prison term after admitting he abused police systems to snoop on his girlfriend's ex
120 hours' community service and suspended sentence for computer misuse and data protection crimes
07 Oct 2020 11:15 | 36
Personal Tech
Was he sent on a spool's errand or something? Library staffer accused of stealing, reselling $1.3m of printer toner
Cops charge suspect with theft as audit claims this gear definitely wasn't on loan
06 Oct 2020 22:37 | 32
Security
Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe
Extortionware is bad but it never killed anyo... never mind
18 Sep 2020 05:55 | 107
In Brief
Oh cool, more Cisco patches to apply. Happy Monday
Meanwhile, KDE desktops can be pwned by evil archives
03 Aug 2020 06:03 |
Security
Step on it, I've got the police on my hack: Anon swipes, leaks online 269GB of crime intel docs from cops, Feds
'BlueLeaks' data lifted after web host biz pwned, we're told
22 Jun 2020 22:52 | 18
Security
Hey NYPD, when you're done tear-gassing and running over protesters, can you tell us about your spy gear?
City council demands snoop gear kit reports, mayor OK with that
19 Jun 2020 21:55 | 81
Networks
Police and NHS urge British public not to call 101 and 111 non-emergency numbers after behind-the-scenes kit failure
Vodafone responsible for maintaining system infrastructure
19 Jun 2020 14:00 | 16
Security
As Uncle Sam flies spy drones over protest-packed cities, Homeland Security asks the public if that's a good idea
Because nothing says freedom like a Predator circling overhead
11 Jun 2020 22:46 | 70
Software
Scottish cops dangle £6m for help understanding 160TB treasure trove of structured and unstructured data
Improved metadata management and easier compliance also required
10 Jun 2020 09:15 | 27
Personal Tech
As anti-brutality protests fill streets of American cities, netizens cram police app with K-Pop, airwaves with NWA
And, oh look, Anonymous returns. Completely forgot all about them
01 Jun 2020 22:43 | 121
Updated
Cheshire Police celebrates three-year migration to Oracle Fusion by lobbing out tender for system to replace it... one year later
Fighting crimes in between upgrading databases
30 Apr 2020 09:30 | 26
On-Prem
UK's Cleveland Police: We want to fling our HR wares into the cloud. Oh, and IT can move back in
Outsourcing deal with Sopra Steria ending, and good times ahead for in-sourced tech crew propping up crumbly software
21 Apr 2020 07:02 | 4
Edge + IoT
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away
20 Apr 2020 16:30 | 19
Comment
Watch out, everyone, here come the Coronavirus Cops, enjoying their little slice of power way too much
Brit cops turn to drones, now mobile tools to make everyone’s lives a misery
09 Apr 2020 06:54 | 348
Security
Online face mask sales scams, 400% uptick of coronavirus phishing reports: Brit cops' workload shifts online along with the nation's
Criminal scum use pandemic as golden business opportunity
20 Mar 2020 19:02 | 24
Security
Remember those infosec fellas who were cuffed while testing the physical security of a courthouse? The burglary charges have been dropped
And it only took, er, four and a half months for people to see sense
31 Jan 2020 20:39 | 41
Enigma
If only 3 in 100,000 cyber-crimes are prosecuted, why not train cops to bring these crooks to justice once and for all, suggests think-tank veep
'We are focusing on defending systems over identifying and pursuing the person behind the cyber-crime'
30 Jan 2020 11:03 | 43
Vid
Unlocking news: We decrypt those cryptic headlines about Scottish cops bypassing smartphone encryption
New perspective on FBI, Interpol demands for backdoors
17 Jan 2020 08:34 | 133
CES
Beset by lawsuits over poor security protections, Ring rolls out 'privacy dashboard' for its creepy surveillance cams, immediately takes heat
Platform makeover declared a 'total joke' by internet activists
07 Jan 2020 01:52 | 43
Personal Tech
UK cops lost nearly twice as much of their own tech kit this year, says thinktank
Brummy bobbies particularly careless, apparently
20 Dec 2019 15:00 | 20
Security
It's 2019 so, of course, this Wells Fargo employee accused of stealing customer cash posed with wads of dosh on Instagram, Facebook
Feds are not amused
16 Dec 2019 20:30 | 38
Updated
237 UK police force staff punished for misusing IT systems in last 2 years
Snooping workers blamed for bunch of data breaches
11 Nov 2019 12:41 | 53
Analysis
Communication, communication – and politics: Iowa saga of cuffed infosec pros reveals pentest pitfalls
Tales from the coal face as experts reflect on what can possibly go wrong on the job
07 Nov 2019 19:35 | 23
Security
Antivirus hid more than 9,000 'cybercrime' reports from UK cops, says watchdog
Detailed info wound up in quarantine
24 Oct 2019 16:18 | 9
Security
Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home
23 kids saved, alleged scumbag-in-chief already in jail
16 Oct 2019 20:28 | 79
Science
UK cops blasted over 'disproportionate' slurp of years of data from crime victims' phones
Report claims forces trawl through data 'indiscriminately'
23 Jul 2019 10:51 | 64
Legal
Metropolitan Police's facial recognition tech not only crap, but also of dubious legality – report
Just 8 out of 42 matches correct, say uni researchers
04 Jul 2019 11:00 | 128
Updated
Facebook staff sarin for a bad day: Suspected chemical weapon parcel sent to Silicon Valley HQ
Package triggered test equipment, buildings evacuated, no one exposed
01 Jul 2019 21:27 | 31
Legal
UK police want to Airwave hello to some more mobile devices – survey
Long delayed Emergency Services Network probably not helping
25 Jun 2019 09:13 | 19
Applications
Hey criminals, need a getaway vehicle? There's an app for that... Car share tool halts ops amid crime wave, arrests
You wouldn't download a car – oh actually...
18 Apr 2019 00:58 | 32
Security
Capita bags £13.2m Police Scotland deal for crime-snooping tech
Picking up slack from doomed Accenture IT contract i6
04 Apr 2019 15:25 | 14
Legal
Cop watchers to probe UK police sharing data on witnesses' migration status with Home Office
Handing over info on migration status deters crime reports, say rights groups
29 Mar 2019 16:29 | 12
Science
Cops told live facial recog needs oversight, rigorous trial design, protections against bias
How about only using face-scan tech if it, er, actually works, is the only option, eh?
27 Feb 2019 12:27 | 25
Science
British cops told to scrap 'discriminatory' algorithms in policing
Predictive plod practices bake bias into systems people don't understand, says Liberty
05 Feb 2019 09:50 | 45
Roundup
Facebooker swatted, Kaspersky snares an NSA thief, NASA server exposed, and more
Plus, Vita boot ROM caper, TCL caught slinging Android malware, etc
12 Jan 2019 10:30 | 24
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