http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1088/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/67305/it-director-pleads-guilty-deleting-organ-donation-records The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation center pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organization's computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the U.S. Department of Justice said. http://www.itworld.com/security/67305/it-director-pleads-guilty-deleting-organ-donation-records#comments Security News data breach insider threat intrusion Fri, 01 May 2009 10:13:05 -0400 ITworld staff 67305 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/67288/ceo-sentenced-trashing-clients-web-site The CEO of a Seattle-area consulting company was sentenced to three months of home confinement Thursday for destroying a client's Web site following a contract dispute. http://www.itworld.com/legal/67288/ceo-sentenced-trashing-clients-web-site#comments Legal Security News intrusion Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:35:50 -0400 ITworld staff 67288 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/64459/road-signs-hacked-nyc Electronic road signs in downtown New York City were broken into over the weekend and instead of telling drivers to go slowly next to a Houston Street construction site, they flashed prankster messages such as "New York is dying," according to a report from The New York Post. http://www.itworld.com/security/64459/road-signs-hacked-nyc#comments Security News intrusion Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:52:19 -0400 ITworld staff 64459 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60941/six-worst-internet-routing-attacks Here's our list of the biggest security incidents involving the Internet's core routing protocol, the Border Gateway Protocol. Some of these incidents were attacks; others were accidental misconfigurations. But all of them disrupted traffic to Web sites or entire networks because of incorrect routing messages being propagated across the Internet through BGP. http://www.itworld.com/security/60941/six-worst-internet-routing-attacks#comments Internet Security Opinion BGP intrusion Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:00:33 -0500 ITworld staff 60941 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/60401/web-designers-admit-trashing-clients-web-site The CEO of Seattle-area consulting company Minecode faces prison time for destroying a customer's Web site. http://www.itworld.com/legal/60401/web-designers-admit-trashing-clients-web-site#comments Internet Legal News intrusion Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:20:47 -0500 ITworld staff 60401 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/59703/software-executive-sentenced-hacking The president of a U.S. software company has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing password-protected files from a competitor. http://www.itworld.com/legal/59703/software-executive-sentenced-hacking#comments Legal Security News cybercrime intrusion Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:11:30 -0500 ITworld staff 59703 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57589/former-inmate-arrested-breaking-prisons-it-systems Francis Janosko, a former inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts who was arrested by the FBI last week in North Carolina for allegedly accessing systems on the prison's computer network without authorization and stealing confidential data. http://www.itworld.com/security/57589/former-inmate-arrested-breaking-prisons-it-systems#comments Security News identity theft intrusion Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:25:15 -0500 ITworld staff 57589 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57272/report-foreign-entity-hacked-obama-mccain-pcs Computer systems used by the election campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain were broken into earlier this year, and a large number of files related to the evolving policy positions of the two candidates were stolen. http://www.itworld.com/security/57272/report-foreign-entity-hacked-obama-mccain-pcs#comments Security News intrusion Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:54:39 -0500 ITworld staff 57272 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56456/breach-cripples-ohio-secretary-states-site The Web site of Ohio's secretary of state was shut down after it was hacked Monday, according to the site and local media reports. The site was later restored, but with only limited functionality. http://www.itworld.com/security/56456/breach-cripples-ohio-secretary-states-site#comments Security News hack intrusion Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:34:24 -0400 abennett 56456 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/54526/locked-iphones-can-be-unlocked-without-password Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/54526/locked-iphones-can-be-unlocked-without-password#comments Mobile & wireless Personal tech Security News intrusion iPhone iPhone unlocking privacy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:23:22 -0400 ITworld staff 54526 at http://www.itworld.com