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 John Denham (Labour) on Monday, 24 February 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home 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. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home 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. [97560] Mr. Denham: Official records compiled under the government scheme for reporting Information Technology (IT) security incidents, the Unified Incident Reporting and Alert Scheme (UNIRAS), show the following figures. The number of incidents of computer hacking was 0 in 2001 and 0 in 2002. The number of incidents of computer fraud was 0 in 2001 and 0 in 2002. The number of incidents of computer theft recorded was 14 in 2001 and 14 in 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 97560; 400 c319W;400 c316-7W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Computers Fraud ICT Government departments Home Office Security Theft Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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