Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 993: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of and the records kept by her Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches committed against her Department's computer systems. [1723/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There have been no attempted hacking, suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches committed against my Department's computer systems in so far as it is possible to ascertain.

My Department's computer systems are protected by a secure dual firewalling mechanism implemented to deter hacking attempts.