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The National Crime Agency (NCA), once heralded as British law enforcement’s elite answer to the questions posed by serious and organized crime, including cybercrime, is “on its knees” according to a new report.

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The agency is facing a critical “braindrain” with senior and experienced staff leaving in large numbers, warned the report published Monday, with particular concern expressed about the NCA losing “nearly a fifth of its cyber capacity annually.”

While the NCA has had some high-profile successes tackling ransomware following that inquiry — particularly in disrupting LockBit

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at a press event in London, the agency’s director-general, Graeme Biggar, acknowledged: “If we had more resources, we’d be able to do more.”

@AkomoCombine broken pay system which knocks-on driving cost up resulting in more temp workers and consultants needed

Slippery slop 😬

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