Gov't ploughs £4.3m into fight against cybercrime

The government has added fresh resources to the fight against cybercrime with the launch of a £4.3m programme to help combat fraud, estimated to cost UK consumers £3.5bn per year.

The programme, which aims to take down scam websites, was launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills this week.

Under the scheme, up to 300 of the UK's approximately 3,000 existing trading-standards officers will receive "intermediate" level training in tackling cybercrime.

For more on this story, see Scam websites: Target for new £4.3m cybercrime-fighting plan on silicon.com.