HC Deb 31 January 2000 vol 343 c460W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of computer(a) fraud, including fraudulent use of computer chips and (b) theft his Department has recorded in the last five years. [106217]

Mr. Battle

In the past five years, there has been:(a) one case of fraud involving improper use of the internet, (b) thirteen cases of theft.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [106228]

Mr. Battle

In the last five years, there has been no evidence of FCO staff accessing systems to which they are not authorised. Over this period there has been only one known unauthorised entry from outside the department. This occurred in 1995 when an unknown hacker gained access to an unclassified internal system.