Forewarned: forearmed

Good intelligence is the key to defeating cybercrime, Sharon Lemon, new head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, tells René Millman. But that will only happen when there is a true partnership between UK plc and the police

The attempted theft of £220m from Sumitomo Mitsui Bank made big headlines in May and proved to be a huge publicity coup for the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU).

The crime was thwarted, and an Israeli hacker arrested. But the ease with which keyloggers had been planted at the bank sent shockwaves through the financial services industry.

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