§ Mr. Derek FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14562]
§ Mr. BoswellThere have been no known instances of anyone external to the Department illegally accessing MAFF's computer systems in the past five years. As far as we can ascertain, there have been no recorded incidents of hacking internally.
§ Mr. FosterTo ask he Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips, his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14563]
§ Mr. BoswellThe number of cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft recorded in the Department in the past five years is as follows:
Incident 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Hacking 0 0 0 0 0 Fraud 0 0 0 0 0 Theft 12 5 21 21 19