May. 07 2024
Source Page: Evidence submissions to NCA Remuneration Review Body, 2024 to 2025Found: • Reduce fraud and combat corrupt elites, state threats, cybercrime, money laundering and other economic
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Evidence submissions to NCA Remuneration Review Body, 2024 to 2025Found: ever-changing threat posed by the most harmful offending, including child sexual abuse, economic and cybercrime
Mentions:
1: Mark Hendrick (LAB - Preston) disruption, a loss of trust in law enforcement, reduced faith in public services, and the normalisation of cybercrime - Speech Link
May. 07 2024
Source Page: UK and allies sanction prolific cyber hackerFound: 7 May) sanctioned a senior Russia-based leader of LockBit, once one of the world’s most pernicious cybercrime
Correspondence May. 03 2024
Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014Found: works, where there may be concerns regarding security and crime, including Serious Organised Crime and Cybercrime
May. 02 2024
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UKFound: The G7 protocol and the European Convention on Cybercrime known as the Budapest Convention facilitate
Formal Minutes May. 02 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: Support Organisations FRA0053 – Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales FRA0056 – Cybercrime
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ban on public sector bodies paying a ransom to criminal groups in exchange for decryption.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)
Cyber crime is a significant threat to the security and prosperity of the UK. The most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated that there were 984,000 ‘computer misuse’ offences against individuals in England and Wales in the year ending December 2023. The Government recognises ransomware as the most significant national security cyber threat.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) discourages paying ransoms, noting that such payments rarely ensure data recovery. The UK Government neither pays ransoms nor condones the payment of ransoms to criminals, always advising against such substantial concessions to hostage-takers or extortionists.
At the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit in Washington last year, we led a joint statement signed by 46 countries and Interpol, which pledged that “relevant institutions under the authority of our national government” should not be used to pay a ransomware demand. This was the first international statement of its kind. Our joint statement was a major milestone in achieving international consensus around the non-payment of ransoms.
Found: replaced in 2024 • the National Economic Crime Victim Care Unit (NECVCU) , which support s fraud (and cybercrime
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is considering legislative proposals to strengthen the ability to tackle (a) phishing, (b) online payment fraud and (c) other cybercrime.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)
Crimes such as phishing and online payment fraud are already criminalised under the Fraud Act [2006] and the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA). To ensure that online platforms are doing all they can to further protect the public the Government passed the Online Safety Act (OSA) in November 2023. Fraud is included as a priority offence under the Act, which means tech companies are now required to tackle fraudulent content on their platform that is ‘user-generated’ or face the possibility of significant fines. The Act’s fraudulent advertising duty will also require certain categories of companies to stop fraudulent advertising appearing on their platforms.
The Government published the Online Fraud Charter in November 2023; a voluntary agreement with the largest companies in the tech sector, designed to raise best practice across the sector and deliver a much quicker and more targeted response than regulation. As part of the Charter, signatories have committed to supporting the Government’s Stop! Think Fraud campaign. This was a major campaign – across TV, radio, social media and billboards – that aim’s to improve public awareness by streamlining and amplifying messaging. The campaign, and supporting website, will make it easier for the public to recognise fraud and take steps to protect themselves, their family and friends.
Furthermore, the Government is committed to ensuring that the CMA, the UK’s key piece of cybercrime legislation which criminalises unauthorised access to computer systems and data remains up to date and effective to tackle criminality. We are currently reviewing the CMA, and the Home Office will provide an update to Parliament on any proposals that we will take forward in due course.