The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) plans to introduce a
scheme allowing businesses to retain full anonymity when reporting
incidents of cybercrime, according to news agency Reuters.
The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) plans to introduce a
scheme allowing businesses to retain full anonymity when reporting
incidents of cybercrime, according to news agency Reuters.
The NHTCU, launched in April 2001, is the UK's first national
law enforcement organisation that deals exclusively with computer
crime, such as computer-related fraud, hacking, industrial
espionage, viruses and denial of service, child porn and software
piracy.
Speaking at the E-Crime Congress in London, which started
yesterday, Detective Chief Superintendent Len Hynds, head of the
NHTCU, said that the levels of organised cybercrime are increasing
sharply, both in the UK and internationally.
He announced that the NHTCU will form a charter whereby
businesses which are victims of cyber attacks can report such
incidents retaining their anonymity.
The decision to launch the scheme was apparently made after a
number of UK companies approached the NHTCU through intermediaries
to report attacks, many fearing the negative impact that news of an
attack might have on investor confidence.
