Europol picks Brit to lead new international cybercrime taskforce

By John Leyden, 1 Sep 2014
 
European police agency Europol has launched an counter-cybercrime taskforce.
The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) will coordinate international investigations into malware distribution, hacking and underground cybercrime forums.
 
J-CAT, which is being piloted for six months, will be based at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol. The unit will be led by Andy Archibald, deputy director of the national cybercrime unit at the UK’s National Crime Agency.
 
Key contributors to the cybercrime intelligence pool will be the EU Member States via EC3, and other law enforcement cooperation partners. So far, Austria, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and the US are part of the J-CAT. Australia and Colombia are also back the initiative
 
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