§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home 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. [106236]
§ Mr. StrawOfficial records compiled under the Government scheme for reporting Information Technology (IT) security incidents show the following attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to the Department's systems over the past five years:
Insiders Outsiders 1995 0 0 1996 1 1 1997 1 0 1998 0 0 1999 1 1 None of these attempts resulted in any damage to the integrity of IT systems.