Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 19 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 January 2000. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Monday, 31 January 2000 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in each of the past five years computer systems in his Department have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (a) within and (b) outside his Department. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on how many occasions in each of the past five years computer systems in his Department have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (a) within and (b) outside his Department. [106237] Jane Kennedy: The information requested in (a) is set out in the table. There have been no recorded instances of hackers attempting to gain access to our computer systems from outside the Department. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Lord Chancellor's 0 0 0 0 2 Department Court Service 2 1 9 3 1 Public Trust Office 0 0 0 0 0 Land Registry 0 0 0 0 0 Public Records Office 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Ireland Court 0 0 0 0 0 Service Total 2 1 9 3 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 106237; 343 c472W;343 c472-3W
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Crime Computers Government departments Lord Chancellor's Department Security Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes