UK’s chief hacker to take over National Crime Agency’s economic and organized crime directorate

James Babbage, the head of the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Force (NCF), is to leave his role commanding the nation’s elite hacking capabilities later this month to take the reins at the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) directorate for economic and organized crime threats. It has not previously been reported that Babbage is joining the NCA.

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