Nonprofits Advised to Take Precautions After PBS's Site Attacked
Over Memorial Day weekend, a group called LulzSec hacked into PBS’s website and posted this image, saying it was angry about the network’s broadcast of a documentary on WikiLeaks.
LulzSec said it broke into PBS’s servers by taking advantage of a security hole in an older version of the content-management system Movable Type and out-of-date software on PBS’s servers so it could gain access to the user names and passwords.
The situation highlights the need for organizations to make sure their content-management systems are up-to-date, said Steven Backman, chief executive of Database Designs Associates, a technology consultant.
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