§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of computer(a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department. [13131]
§ Dr. John ReidThere was one case of computer hacking in the Northern Ireland Office in 2000, and there have been two to date this year. Of these, two were perpetrated by insiders, and one was an attack by an outsider on one of the Department's web pages.
485WThere were no cases of computer theft (including fraud) in 2000, and there have been two to date this year. Both of these were perpetrated by outsiders.