Malicious email volume

Rebecca Moody made this Freedom of Information request to Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited as part of a batch sent to 459 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Rebecca Moody
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Dear Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd,

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

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Freedom of Information,

Dear Rebecca Moody

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request dated 11 November 2021 which you have sent to Birmingham 2022. Your request is currently being considered and will be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act'). We will be interpreting your phrase 'malicious emails' in your request to mean phishing attempts. If this is not correct, please tell us as soon as possible.

Please be aware that the Act provides a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. Your request will be reviewed and if any of the exemption categories apply, then the information will not be provided.

We will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you have requested or explaining to you why we cannot supply it.

In the meantime, if you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me using our FOI enquiries email address at: [Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited request email].

Yours sincerely,
Stuart Skelly

STUART SKELLY
Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Legal Counsel

[email address]
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
One Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB
www.birmingham2022.com

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Stuart Skelly,

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Dear Rebecca Moody

 

Please find attached the OC’s response to your above FOI request.

 

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Skelly

 

STUART SKELLY

Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Legal Counsel

 

[1][email address] 

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

One Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB

[2]www.birmingham2022.com

 

 

 

 

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Email Disclaimer Notice
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are private and
confidential. If you have received it in error you must not use, copy,
disclose or store the information contained within this email or
attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by using the reply
function and permanently delete what you have received. The information
contained in an email may be subject to disclosure as required by law
including under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and any legislation
applicable in the United Kingdom with regards to the protection of
personal data. Unless the information requested is legally exempt from
disclosure, we cannot guarantee that we will not provide the whole or part
of an email to a third party making a request for information about the
content of the email. Internet e-mail is not a secure medium. Incoming and
outgoing email messages may be monitored in accordance with relevant
legislation. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are
those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Birmingham
Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd.

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