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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security
Strategy, <br>which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP)
and £860 <br>million of investment over five years. The Government has so far committed
£70 <br>million of NCSP funding to build law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber
<br>crime. This includes the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit in the
<br>National Crime Agency (NCA), and cyber teams within each of the Regional <br>Organised
Crime Units across England and Wales. We are also developing the <br>capability and
awareness of local police forces. The NCA has led efforts to <br>arrest and disrupt
cyber criminals, including warning individuals who may have <br>access to malicious
software that they are known to the agency and that any <br>movement into criminality
will result in action. NCSP also funds the Action <br>Fraud, the national reporting
service for fraud and financially motivated cyber <br>crime, and the National Fraud
Intellligence Bureau. Both of these are run by <br>the City of London Police, the
country’s national lead force for fraud <br>investigations. My Rt. Hon. Friend, the
Home Secretary, visited the City of <br>London Police earlier this month with the
Member for Hove and Portslade in <br>order to see the good work that the force is
doing. <br><br>In addition, the Government has introduced a new offence as part of
the Serious <br>Crime Bill to capture cyber attacks which cause, or create a significant
risk <br>of, serious damage. This will ensure that serious cyber attacks carry <br>sentences
that reflect the impact they can have. Where cyber attacks result in <br>loss of life
or serious damage to national security, the maximum sentence will <br>be life imprisonment.
Where an attack results in serious economic or <br>environmental damage, the maximum
sentence will be 14 years’ imprisonment.<br><br>Furthermore, the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills has delivered a <br>range of measures to help protect businesses
against cyber crime, including <br>producing best practice guidance, providing innovation
vouchers to help <br>businesses boost their cyber defences, and delivering a campaign
of <br>awareness-raising and behaviour change activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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