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 Monday, 24 February 2003. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 24 February 2003 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, 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. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in 2001-02; and on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside her Department. [97562] Ms Rosie Winterton: The number of cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft recorded by my Department in 2001-02 is: computer (a) hacking--2; (b) fraud--0; (c) theft--25. Illegal access by computer hackers in 2001-02 (i) within the Department--1; (ii) outside the Department--1. Neither of the hacking incidents caused damage to the Departmental computer systems.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 97562; 400 c13-4W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Computers Fraud ICT Government departments Lord Chancellor's Department Security Theft Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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