Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 February 1997. It was answered by John M Taylor (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: On how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department.

Answer: Mr. Foster: To ask the President of the Board of Trade on how many occasions in each of the past five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14560] Mr. Taylor: Over the past five years, there have been no reported incidents where my Department's computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers. There were three recorded unsuccessful hacking attempts, two of which were by attackers external to the Department. These figures include next steps agencies only for the years where they were covered by central records.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 14560; 289 c697W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Data protection Computers Department of Trade and Industry Fraud Government departments Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes