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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. [97556] Dr. Moonie: The number of incidents affecting computer systems for the years 2001 and 2002 are summarised in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Incident Type 2001 2002 Computer Hacking Totals: of which: Public 12 2 10 7 1 6 website defacements Internal incursions Computer Fraud 4 0 Computer Theft 118 155 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. None of the instances of hacking had any operational impact, and despite widespread and frequent probes of Ministry of Defence firewalls connected to the Internet, there is no evidence of any successful incursion from an external source to any Departmental computer system. In the case of computer fraud, all instances are cases where MOD computers have been used in support of fraudulent activities, rather than fraudulent use of a computer--based system.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

97556; 400 c133W;400 c132-3W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Computers Fraud ICT Government departments Ministry of Defence Security Theft Hacking

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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