Telematic Crimes Group of the Civil Guard
The Telematic Crimes Group is in charge of promoting the safe use of technologies, investigating crime on the Internet and in networks.
The GDT or Telematic Crimes Group is a group of the Civil Guard created in 1996 as the Computer Crimes Group. In the nineties it was rare for these practices to be denounced, but the advances and expansion of the Internet in our day-to-day life has made it increasingly relevant. Later, it began to call you the Department of High Technology crimes and with the use and growth of the Internet and criminal acts on the network, it began to take charge of more areas and change its name to the one we know today. In addition, not only does the GDT exist globally, but teams were created in the different provinces, the Technological Research Teams They are also in charge of solving and investigating.
As they explain from their website, “the Telematic Crimes Group was created to investigate, within the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guardl, all those crimes that are committed over the Internet ”Investigations related to telematic crimes are carried out by the GDT globally, as a specialized unit and operating throughout the national territory. But also at the provincial level there are Technological Research Teams or EDITE’s in the different provinces of Spain.
Be part of
Who can be part of this group? The first thing to do is be a Civil Guard. They explain from the group’s main website: “We select our staff from among those members of the Civil Guard who have the most practical knowledge of computing. Later they receive specific courses for technological research ”.
And how do you get here? The main and first step is to enter the Civil Guard by taking the corresponding oppositions. You will spend several years of training until you get a position and you must attach or send a resume that demonstrates your knowledge in computer science and related matters. As they collect from the web, “From among all those interested, we selected the best, when a vacancy is created or a job is left free “
But you don’t have to be a Civil Guard to collaborate, report, etc. We can send complaints from the website or we can collaborate by following the steps that we will explain below and through a specific form.
How to report or report
By simply reporting we transferred a problemto. Something that is considered illegal on the network and that you have seen or suffered. Is anonymous and they will start to investigate. Reporting is something more formal, legal. It cannot be anonymous and the complaint reaches a judge in case the GDT sees the complaint. But he musts take the data to a police center and we cannot report electronically. That is, we can simply use the telematic means to report but not for a formal complaint.
And what can we report? If you have a virus on your computer, you cannot notify the Telematic Crimes Group. As its name suggests, these are matters related to cybercrime. Of illicit activities on the internet. But you cannot report that your computer is bad, that you have malware, etc.
In the case of a complaint, we fill in all the important data in addition to the events reported chronologically and if we consider it to be criminal. In addition, we must provide as much evidence as possible. “If you have documents or objects that prove what you report, you must accompany them to the complaint. Try to be as clear as possible in explaining the facts. Electronic documents must be presented in digital format, copied onto a CD or DVD. Printed documents they have no test value ”, they explain from the GDT website.
Once you present it, the agents transfer it to the judge and an investigation begins. All information or data is read and evaluated to see if it gives rise to a criminal investigation or if it is ruled out but everything is read and analyzed.
Once we have received the report, we have several options. The first option is to do it in person at the main office: Citizen Information and Attention Office of the Civil Guard in Madrid in Guzmán el Bueno street number 110, mezzanine. Cn postal code 28003 of Madrid and with hours of operation from Monday to Friday from eight in the morning to three. Or, if you live in any other city, in the Civil Guard post or unit at the provincial level.
We can also contact through the number 900 101 062 free of charge or we can send a message to [email protected]. Or, in an emergency, we can call 062 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, although it will depend on whether or not it is urgent to make this call.
To collaborate
Through the Civil Guard page, specifically the GDT, we can access a form where we can collaborate. “If you detect a security problem on the network, locate an illegal content or think you have identified or observed a behavior that could be criminal, you can report it to the GDT. This communication can be in two ways, information or complaint. Likewise, if you have extensive computer knowledge and are willing to help in an altruistic way, you can offer yourself ”, they explain from the web.
It is not a form in which report a situation Rather, it asks you to “expose your computer skills and what you could collaborate on.” We simply have to go to the main page of the GDT and access, in the menu, to “Form”. Fill in a series of data: town, province, telephone and email.
Once you have the personal data, you can fill in a large box with everything you have to contribute to collaborate. If you are an expert in cybercrime, for example, or if you are a computer scientist or computer scientist. When you fill in everything, you just have to write the code in the captcha and touch “send”. You will receive a response by email or phone.
BCIT or Police
The BCIT or Central Brigade of Technological Investigation is the unit of the police that is destined to also pursue these problems or crimes online. As they explain from their main website, “the Central Brigade for Technological Research It is part of the Technological Research Unit (CGPJ), which is the body of the General Directorate of the Police in charge of investigating and prosecuting cybercrime at a national and transnational level. It will act as the National Police E-Crime Prevention and Response Center ”
They are in charge of investigating or detect all kinds of criminals online. For example, hate crimes on the Internet, threats, fraud. Among its functions is the detection of threats, insults or slander in photos, social networks, emails or websites. Also the protection of minors and the fight against child pornography or Internet fraud, scams and all kinds of fraudulent use both in online businesses and in the use of communications. A unit in charge of private television piracy or piracy of program products, music, cinema …
Report or report
To contact the BCIT we can do so at its headquarters in Calle Julián González Segador without number with postal code 28043 of Madrid or in the contact form on the national police website where we can choose between several different crimes. You just have to choose the category you want: pornography, social networks, threats, fraud, security or anti-piracy.
Once you select it, you must follow the steps to fill in all the fields: description, location …
The Telematic Crimes Group has social networks, as is customary today. You can follow them through twitter at @GDTGuardiaCivil where you can find out about recent security alerts or scams, for example. They are also available through other social networks or recommend a series of web pages to improve security.
As the Internet User Security Office, the National Institute of Cybersecurity wave Agency of protection of data, for instance.
Security advice
Beyond being able to file complaints or collaborate with the Telematic Crimes Group, we can also read a series of basic tips on its website, a safe navigation decalogue with a series of steps that we must take to avoid taking risks when we are using the Internet.
- Update the operating system regularly
- Use an updated browser
- Use strong passwords that are different for each service
- Verify the movements of the bank account
- Uses a antivirus updated
- Install a firewall
- Try to always use the same device for online purchases
- Be wary of messages or social media links
- In general, distrust all kinds of apps or programs
- Change router passwords
In addition, we add, there are other basic tips:
- Avoid WiFi networks public
- Protect your router and create guest networks
- Do not open emails from strangers
- Be wary of WhatsApp chains or Facebook messages
- Etc