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UK fails to get to grips with internet fraud

Friday, August 11th, 2006

The UK is trailing behind other countries in its efforts to track and investigate internet fraud, according to a new report from the Attorney General’s office.
The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, criticised UK authorities for failing to come up with a centralised way for consumers to report internet fraud, as has been done in countries such […]

Biometric passports cracked

Monday, August 7th, 2006

Biometric passports used by the UK, US and other countries have been cloned by a German security consultant, raising further doubts over the £415m UK scheme.
Lukas Grunwald, a consultant with DN-Systems, told a Defcon security conference in Las Vegas that the data, stored on RFID chips, could be copied on to blank chips which could […]