Welcome to the Law Enforcement Cyber Center
The Law Enforcement Cyber Center (LECC) is designed to assist police chiefs, sheriffs, commanders, patrol officers, digital forensic investigators, detectives, and prosecutors who are investigating and preventing crimes that involve technology.
If you have fallen victim to a scam, or need to report fraud, please file a complaint @ IC3.gov.
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New Year’s resolution? Bid farewell to dodgy old passwords, say hello to data security
Most of the classic New Year resolutions revolve around improving your health and lifestyle. But this year, why not consider cleaning up your passwords too?
Australia and US sign CLOUD Act data-sharing deal to support criminal investigations
Commenting on the announcement, US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said that the agreement will allow US and Australian governments to “more effectively counter serious crime, including terrorism, while adhering to the privacy and civil liberties values that we both share”.
The Five Biggest Cyber Security Trends In 2022
Homeworking, the ongoing digitization of society, and the increasingly online nature of our lives mean opportunities about for phishers, hackers, scammers, and extortionists. As we head into 2022, there is, unfortunately, no sign of this letting up.
Cyber review
The pandemic placed immense urgency on businesses to get all kinds of digital transformation projects live as quickly as possible, and that is almost certainly a driving factor behind a surge in attacks, says Peter Klimek, Director of Technology at the cyber company Imperva. In a study of nearly 4.7 million web application-related cyber security incidents, Imperva Research Labs has found that attacks are increasing, on average, by 22 per cent each quarter.
Feds Offer Portland Police $400,000 to Investigate the “Dark Web” and COVID-19 Fraudsters
The federal government has awarded the Portland Police Bureau a $400,000 grant to anonymously surf the dark web and make undercover purchases so it can investigate and prosecute intellectual property crimes like economic espionage and large-scale counterfeiting and piracy—specifically those that relate to public health and safety.
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