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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Monday, 26 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 November 2007. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 3 December 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Hacking

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many instances of cyber-attacks on his Department's (a) public internet website, (b) non-classified intranet, (c) classified intranet, (d) non-classified e-mail system and (e) classified e-mail system were reported in each month since 2005; and what the circumstances were of each incident.
Answer

It would not be in the interests of the UK's national security for MOD to confirm whether it holds information about attacks against its IT systems as this would enable individuals to deduce how successful the Department is in detecting these attacks.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
468 c839-40W; 169461
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Ministry of Defence Hacking
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk