Met police: Government investment in cyber crime is 'sufficient', despite thieves making off with £1m on a given weekend

Charlee Gothard
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All going to plan, but we need to do something about Angler and Dridex

Chancellor George Osborne's five-year £1.9bn cyber security ring fence represents "sufficient investment" in cyber security, the Metropolitan Police Service's head of cyber crime has told Computing...

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