Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 2 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 November 2001. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 November 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside her Department. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside her Department. [13143] Mr. Ivan Lewis: There have been no detected cases of computer hacking, either by insiders or by persons outside of the Department in either 2000 or 2001. There were four cases of insider fraud in each of the years in question. There were three cases of theft of IT equipment by insiders from Departmental offices in 2000 and one case in 2001.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 374 c246-7W; 13143
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Crime Computers Fraud Government departments Security Theft Department for Education and Skills Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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