Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: UK Computer Crime Unit Message-ID: <0014.9012041821.AA14135@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 4 Dec 90 08:41:02 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 33 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu davidf@cs.hw.ac.uk (David J Ferbrache) writes: > The UK police have established a central "Computer crime unit" who are > interested in monitoring all infections by computer viruses within the > UK. This unit is currently four strong and consists of a Detective > Inspector, Detective Sergeant and two Detective constables and is > located at New Scotland Yard, London. > > They are keen for any person, organisation or company infected by a > virus to report the infection. This will allow the construction of a > picture of the damage caused by the virus infection, and provide > useful background material for a prosecution if the author is ever > located. > > In this regard they have asked anyone in the UK experiencing a > computer virus infection to contact: > > Noel Bonczonzek > Computer crime unit > 071-725-2409 Eh? Silly. Surely if they are really serious about this they'd get a feed off the net and read this newsgroup! Anyway, can we really believe that 'they' take any computer crime seriously when such a small unit is set up, in which BTW at least 3 of the 4 officers by all accountsa only serve in it for a relativley short period of time... Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com