Russia is the main breeding ground for hi-tech crime gangs but its security experts are linking with Interpol to combat the threat. Oscar Williams-Grut reports from Moscow

Created by Justin Engler and Paul Vines, the bot simply guesses all the possible PIN combinations

So-called "dating scams" have contributed to a 27% increase in the number of frauds reported, official figures show.

Sophisticated hacking networks in China,  Russia and beyond hit dozens of departments

According to Google the attacks have targeted tens of thousands of users

Joint operation identified more than 1000 botnets, but operations continue

New York lawyers say $6bn of ill-gotten gains were processed though money-transfer service

Two jailed, another sent to young offenders unit and fourth handed suspended sentence

Working from their bedrooms, they stole personal data from hundreds of thousands of people

Pentagon report directly links attacks to Beijing government for first time

The 35-year-old man was arrested by authorities in Barcelona

Local media name man as Matthew Flannery, who allegedly uses online name 'Aush0k'

The Government faces around 33,000 cyber attacks each month from sophisticated criminals and state-sponsored groups, a Cabinet Office minister said today.

Lewys Martin, 21, was charged last November for attempting to cause disruption to the public-facing websites of Cambridge University, Oxford University and Kent Police.