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Written question asked by Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 6 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 October 2006. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Databases (Security Breaches)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by his Department occurred in each of the last five years; whether the breach resulted from internal or external sources in each case; how many records were compromised on each occasion; and what estimate was made of the total number of records accessible to the individuals concerned.
Answer

There have been no confirmed security breaches from external sources to databases controlled by the Department for Transport and its agencies in the last five years.Confirmed breaches committed by staff over this period are:

Number of breaches Number of records compromised Estimate of total number of records accessible
2002 1 20 ¹—
2003 2 3 ¹—
2004 1 13 ¹—
2005 2 20 ¹—
2006 2 40 ¹—
¹ Unknown.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92839; 451 c31-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Department for Transport Hacking
Link
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