LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Computer virus sent through post

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:12

Description

Nigel Dearing interviews Detective Inspector John Austin from the Computer Crime Squad about a computer disk that has been sent to people with a virus on it, how the investigation has gone, who has been affected, what the virus does and what people can do if they receive the disk.

Contributors

John Austin; Nigel Dearing

Keywords

Data protection; Fraud; Crime; Computers; Criminal investigation; Magnetic discs

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