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EU Hi-Tech Crime Agency Created

Posted by michael on from the move-over-scotland-yard dept.

Gori writes "The European Union is setting up an agency to co-ordinate work to combat the rising tide of cybercrime. The European Network and Information Security Agency will help educate the public about viruses, hacker attacks and other security problems. It will also act as a co-ordinator for Europe-wide investigations into virus outbreaks or electronic attacks. ENISA has a budget of 24.3m euros (17m), will start work in 2004 and will initially be based in Brussels."

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  1. I hear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They've already exployed Inspector Gadget and his niece Penny. Go go Gadget-hacking!

    1. Re:I hear by advocate_one · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is that a dongle in your pocket or are you pleased to see me???

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  2. for slow US readers like myself... by wwest4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    17 m GBP, not dollars... for a minute there, i thought the euro got a lot weaker real fast. good thing i didn't order plane tickets before realizeing my mistake.

  3. High tech Bobbies to nab cyber hooligans! by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll just send an email saying stop, or I'll say stop again.

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  4. Re:Education is key... by Tsali · · Score: 2, Funny

    We have a privately funded group called the RIAA to handle such matters.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    T.

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  5. Hang on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    They said "cracking down on hackers"? The correct way of putting it would be, cracking down on crackers, as I'm sure most of you know.

  6. P,ENISA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I sure hope the President of this organisation doesn't abbreviate his business card as above... ;)

  7. Re:exchange rate is wrong by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Want to ask a better question? Why was the word "anti" left out of the headline "EU Hi-Tech Crime Agency Created"? It makes it sound like a new criminal organization has been spun up by the government (well, that's the way it works here in the US, I can't imagine the UK who we learned all our behavior from is any different.)

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  8. Amusing tale about currency conversion by NickFitz · · Score: 2, Funny

    As most people are aware, newspapers have a house style which dictates such matters as how dates are shown, whether to have a full stop after "Mr", and such-like details.

    The Daily Telegraph house style dictates that, when an amount is given in a foreign currency, it should be followed by the equivalent in GBP, in brackets.

    Sometime in the '70s, this led to a front-page photograph appearing with the caption:
    Mrs Elizabeth Taylor arriving at Heathrow Airport yesterday. She told waiting journalists, "I feel like a million dollars! (647,000 GBP)"

    (Out of curiosity, does anyone know why /. doesn't allow the pound sterling symbol in posts?)

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  9. It's funny.... by micaiah · · Score: 2, Funny

    How in all of these articles from the BBC concerning security they use a picture of someone's inbox at support@microsoft.com