TWO people arrested by specialist officers using powers under the Computer Misuse Act have been released on bail.
The National Crime Agency has refused to release details about what the man and woman, both in their early 20s, were allegedly doing.
However the NCA only deals with serious and organised crime including serious cyber crime.
On Thursday more than a dozen officers raided a home in Cape Close, Prettygate, Colchester before officers took the pair away for questioning.
Computer Misuse arrests in the past by the NCA include a cyber criminal who used malicious software to take over people’s webcams and spy on them.
The agency arrested dozens of people for allegedly stealing data from multinational companies.
Cyber criminals can gain complete control over target computers, access banking or other personal information, download new and potentially illegal content, and instruct the victim’s computer to help commit acts of criminality.
They also investigate hacking and computer attacks against Governments.
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