Malicious email volume
Dear North Devon Council,
Please find below my FOI request regarding malicious emails sent to the council.
The date range for the requests is from 2018 to present day. The data shall include a breakdown by year.
1. How many malicious emails (e.g. phishing 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?
5. How many ransomware attacks were successful?
Yours faithfully,
Rebecca Moody
Dear Ms Moody
Thank you for your request received this morning, for which I acknowledge receipt.
Your request is now being dealt with in accordance with the Act and will be due for response no later than 14 December 2021, in accordance with the statutory time limit of 20 working days.
I will write to you in advance should the processing of your request require any further any information/clarification from you.
Yours sincerely
Claire Chandler | Paralegal
North Devon Council
Tel. 01271 388237
[email address]
[North Devon Council request email]
Dear Ms Moody
I write in response to your request for information received this morning.
Section 1(1)(a) of the Act requires the Council to inform you whether it holds information of the description specified in your request. I confirm that the Council does hold this information. In discharge of its obligation under section 1(1)(b) I can provide you with the following response:
(1) We do not hold that information for that time period.
Looking at the last 12 months (01/11/2020 - 01/11/2021), we stopped 1,548 potential malicious e-mails and 10,890 potential phishing e-mails
(2) We do not hold that information
(3) We do not hold that information
(4) We do not hold that information
(5) 0
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request an internal review which should be received within two months from the date of this response email and should be sent to;
Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
Legal Services
North Devon Council
PO Box 379, Barnstaple, EX32 2GR
[North Devon Council request email]
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email: [email address]
Yours sincerely
Claire Chandler | Paralegal
North Devon Council
Tel. 01271 388237
[email address]
[North Devon Council request email]
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