Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 June 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Thursday, 30 June 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Computer Crime

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in each year since 2001–02; and for each year, on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department.

Answer

The numbers of cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft in DFID were as follows:

	Hacking	Fraud	Theft
2001–02	0	0	8
2002–03	0	0	7
2003–04	1	0	7
2004–05	1	0	4

DFID computer systems were accessed illegally by computer hackers from outside the Department on one occasion in each of the years 2003–04 and 2004–05.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 435 c1677W; 7185
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Computers Hacking

Computer Crime

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