NCS 7/1/11

It seems that no place is safe when it comes to hackers,  not even the church.  St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines, Iowa says that hackers swiped $680 thousand from them.  They planned to use the money to help the homeless and abused women. 

German federal police say the country saw a nearly 20 percent rise in cyber crime last year, causing $89 million in damage.  Federal criminal police officers say that the number of cyber crime incidents rose to 59,839 in 2010 from 50,254 in 2009.  The increase is linked to greater consumer use of the internet for banking and purchases. 

Lockheed Martin is selling its military and intelligence expertise to electric utilities as the world’s largest defense contractor tries to exploit a U.S. push to guard power grids from terrorists and hackers. Lockheed plans to enter the projected $1.3 billion market for utility cyber security next month with Palisade, a software program developed in partnership with American electric power Co. Of Columbus, OHIO.

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