Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of and the records kept by his Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches committed against his Department's computer systems. [1729/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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There is no record of any attack having been successful, nor is there any evidence that the Department has ever been specifically targeted. The Department actively maintains the IT network's perimeter defences and regularly carries out penetration testing to ensure they cannot be breached. I understand that it is not uncommon for hackers to attempt to penetrate my Department's website. I also understand that this applies to every major website in the world.