§ Mr. Kevin McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the(a) numerical and (b) percentage breakdown by perceived community origin are of his civilian staff employed in Northern Ireland. [97692]
§ Dr. MoonieThe numerical and percentage breakdown of the civilian staff employed by the Ministry of Defence in Northern Ireland as at 1 January 2003 is set out in the table below.
Year Total (£) 1999–00 2000–01 4 7,748 2001–02 12 31,530
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cases of computer(a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in 2001–02; and on how many occasions computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (i) within and (ii) outside his Department. [97556]
§ Dr. MoonieThe number of incidents affecting computer systems for the years 2001 and 2002 are summarised in the following table:
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Incident Type 2001 2002 Computer Hacking Totals: of which: 12 7 Public website defacements 2 1 Internal incursions 10 6 Computer Fraud 4 0 Computer Theft 118 155 None of the instances of hacking had any operational impact, and despite widespread and frequent probes of Ministry of Defence firewalls connected to the Internet, there is no evidence of any successful incursion from an external source to any Departmental computer system.
In the case of computer fraud, all instances are cases where MOD computers have been used in support of fraudulent activities, rather than fraudulent use of a computer—based system.