Computer Crime (Hansard, 6 February 1997)

HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 c662W 662W

§ Mr. Derek Foster
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions in each of the last five years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in his Department. [14558]

§ Mr. Hanley
None as far as we are aware.

§ Mr. Foster
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of computer hacking, fraud and theft, including theft of computer chips, his Department has recorded in the last five years. [14559]

§ Mr. Hanley
We believe there have been no instances of computer hacking or fraud but 10 cases of theft of computer equipment.