Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 7 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 March 2003. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

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

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001-02; and on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. [97567] Malcolm Wicks: There were no cases of computer hacking detected in 2001-02. The number of cases of fraud detected was four in 2001-02. Of these, all were perpetrated by insiders. The number of cases of computer theft detected was 89 in 2001-02. Of these, one was perpetrated by an insider and the remainder by persons outside the Department or unknown.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 97567; 402 c169-71W;402 c169-70W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Computers Department for Work and Pensions Fraud ICT Government departments Security Theft Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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