Tag: Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan Police investigate M&S ‘Scattered Spider’ cyber attack
London’s Metropolitan Police have been called in to investigate the cyber attack on Marks & Spencer, which has disrupted the retailer’s operations for nearly two weeks. The Met’s cyber crime […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Police seize iSpoof phone scam website
The Met police have smashed a global online fraud shop selling tools that allowed criminals to carry out phone scams on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Detectives disabled the […]
MPs question legality of facial recognition technology
Authorities should cease trials of facial recognition technology until a legal framework for them is established, MPs have said. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said the current […]
Police’s facial recognition technology only accurate three quarters of the time
A police force’s use of facial recognition technology requires “considerable investment” to deliver consistent results, a study has concluded. Crashing computer systems and poor quality images are among the challenges South […]
Flickr used in Metropolitan Police's Operation Withern London riots investigation
The Metropolitan Police are harnessing the power of social media in order to bring rioters from the past few day's escalating violence to justice. As part of Operation Withern, the Met are posting stills from CCTV footage to a…
Metropolitan Police release London crime maps online
The website allows you to zoom in and out of a map, just like with Google Maps, but the key difference here is the colour coded sectors that represent differing rates of crime between areas.
