Computing's weekly podcast - 25 January 2007

This week's podcast is an e-crime special. We discuss the results of our exclusive investigation into the state of high-tech crime detection in the UK.

Written by Bryan Glick

Welcome to Computing's weekly podcast for 25 January 2007.

This week we focus on e-crime, following a Computing investigation that revealed that UK police forces are struggling to help businesses tackle the growing security threat due to lack of resources.

Read the news story here: E-crime efforts stall over staff

And more detail on the investigation here: High-tech crime units lack central support

We also discuss the example of one major retailer, TX Maxx, who admitted to being the target of a major hacker attack that may have compromised the credit card details of its UK customers.

Read the full story here: TK Maxx loses payment details

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