Malicious email volume

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Dear DfT OLR Holdings Limited,

Please find below my FOI request regarding malicious emails sent to the department.

The date range for the requests is from 2018 to present day. The data shall include a breakdown by year and by individual departments (e.g. separate departments, agencies, or public bodies within the main government agency), if applicable.

1. How many malicious emails have been successfully blocked?
2. What percentage of malicious emails were opened by staff?
3. What percentage of malicious links in the emails were clicked on by staff?
4. How many ransomware attacks were blocked by the department?
5. How many ransomware attacks were successful?

Yours faithfully,
Rebecca Moody

enquiries, DfT Operator Limited

Dear Ms Moody

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 11 November 2021 enquiring as to the volume of malicious emails received by DOHL.

For security reasons we do not retain data of this nature for longer than three months. As such, our response relates to the period 24 August 2021 to 21 November 2021.

1. How many malicious emails have been successfully blocked? - We have received 357 malicious emails including general spam.
2. What percentage of malicious emails were opened by staff? - 0%
3. What percentage of malicious links in the emails were clicked on by staff? - 0%
4. How many ransomware attacks were blocked by the department? - We have not fallen victim to any ransomware attacks
5. How many ransomware attacks were successful? - Please see above.

Regards

DOHL
Albany House, 94-98 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EA

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