Plug and play biometric reader controls access to office computer networks
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Five people are either under arrest or being sought who are members of a clandestine computer hacking group. Lulzsec has claimed responsibility for exposing security flaws in some of the world’s most high-profile systems. However many of the key figures have been arrested in a recent international swoop. Last year the organisation was held responsible for the website of the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) being taken offline in an apparent ‘denial of service’ attack.
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Businesses could be asked to take part in a scheme which rewards sharing amenities. West Country council officials are looking into this because they want to save on public toilet costs because a contract to look after them is now under review. The participating businesses may include pubs, restaurants and cafes. A spokesperson for Mendip District Council said: 
In an agreement which is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, a private firm will run a Lincolnshire police station. The station will be built by the firm G4S and as part of the deal, most of the staff employed by the force would be transferred to the private sector. BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw commented that it was arguably the most radical solution to police forces coping with budget cuts. 
Protesters who entered British Gas HQ left because they said they felt “threatened”. The group, who were complaining about high fuel prices, handed out leaflets to employees at the Staines depot. Surrey Police and British Gas said they had worked together to ensure the safety of workers and the public. On Twitter, one of the group posted: “Decided to leave on our own terms following threatening police presence. Let’s hope this is only the beginning of challenging the big six!”
Continued use of beach toilets is uncertain due to the amount of damage and graffiti on the walls of the building. This was the view of the Community Council of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, which had to close the conveniences a month early as the writing on the walls was so bad it was not suitable for families viewing it. As well as graffiti on the outside in black marker pen, there was interior damage to the cubicle walls. 
Petty theft is a bugbear to four in five firms who were surveyed and this turned out to be their biggest problem, according to research done by an insurance company. The cost of crime overall to large businesses across the UK was an average of £40,000 in 2011, with an expectation it will rise to £62,000 this year. As government figures this week confirmed that unemployment is rising, that may explain the gloomy predictions picked up by researchers RSA.
A surgeon has condemned heartless cable thieves whose actions hit the work of three hospitals. Consultant surgeon Dougie Russell said he could not access the X-rays he needed after hospital computer systems were disabled by an incident in Swansea which necessitated the switch to a back-up system. Dr Russell said it had a “direct effect on NHS services”. For ease of access, hospital X-ray images are now computerised – however when communication lines are hit, broadband speeds are affected.
More than 300 people were arrested or fined during 2011 in just one area served by a district council thanks to 
Thieves staged a break-in and stole a tractor, but abandoned it in a ditch after it failed to start. The offenders forced their way into a storage unit at a sporting club house in Cambridgeshire, between 4pm on Friday (January 27) and 7am the following day. Other grass cutting equipment was damaged during the incident. Anyone with any information should call the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800-555-111. 
The Home Office had pledged to pay up to £4.65 million, or half of the policing cost, of clearing a notorious travellers’ site. The Department for Communities and Local Government had also weighed in with £1.2 million towards evicting illegal incumbents at Dale Farm, near Basildon. The remaining contribution will come from policing and council budgets. The total forecast for the operation spiralled up to about £18 million but local sources suggested the final cost would be £4.2m.