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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 16:49 EDT

A UK Police Force Suspends Working From Home After Finding Automated Keystroke Scam

The Greater Manchester Police force has 12,677 employees. But they've now suspended work-from-home privileges, reports the BBC, "following an investigation into so-called 'key-jamming', which can allow people to falsely appear to be working. "Twenty-six police officers, staff and contractors are facing misconduct proceedings following the probe, the force said."


One constable told a hearing that a police detective working from home had made it look like his computer was in use on 38 different occasions o

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