Stories about: Federal Police

Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

The Australian Federal Police is taking 10 Australian school children to London this week to participate in the International Youth Advisory Congress (IYAC), a world first congress giving kids a say in how they can be better protected online.

A review of Australia's top e-security projects lead by the Attorney-General's Department has been launched to scrutinise the Howard's government's $73 million E-Security National Agenda.

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has pushed ahead with the controversial [[artid:420013177|national content filtering scheme|ISP filtering]] with a $125.8 million budget allocation announced today.

The director of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre believes that the diversity of malware and its abilities to circumvent security products, is the greatest threat on the local cyber crime landscape.

Cyber Storm II was today officially launched by the Attorney General in which five countries will engage in an international hacking exercise.

The Australian Government has tabled a bill that will increase the power of police to ban websites that they deem crime or terrorism related.

Law enforcement agencies will have access to advanced biometrics and nationwide databases containing information on DNA and "persons-of-interest" as part of a plan to tighten department collaboration investigations by July 2008.

Australia has been invited to participate in round two of a global critical infrastructure exercise organized by the US Department of Homeland Security.

Hollywood's portrayal of a young conman in the Spielberg flick, Catch Me if You Can, may seem a world away from Australia's passport design but the two have a remarkably similar heritage.

So you've been breached. Is your company prepared to look for and preserve digital evidence of the crime for eventual use in court?