Cyber Crime

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Police Scotland’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020

This strategy sets out how Police Scotland will take a proactive approach to respond to cyber demand, ensuring that we are future focused and able to adapt our policing model to suit the needs of the communities they serve.

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Business email compromise: defending your organisation

This guidance helps small to medium sized organisations deal with businessemail compromise (BEC). It provides actions to help businesses reduce thelikelihood of being affected by BEC, and includes steps to take if you think yourorganisation has already been compromised.

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CyberByte – October 2025

This month’s CyberByte focuses on a growing online threat linked to our increasing reliance on digital wallets – often referred to as “digital pickpocketing.” As our lives become more digitally connected, the convenience of storing payment cards, tickets and IDs […]

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Sextortion Guidance

Sextortion is sexual extortion where the victim is exploited through threat of the exposure of intimate images and is usually for financial gain or as a means of controlling behaviour. Police Scotland have provided information and advice on how to […]

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