Integrity

=Integrity ​ Matthew Chater = From the ITGS guide: //Intergrity refers to the correspondance of data with itself, at its creation. Data lacks integrity when it has been changed accidentally or tampered with. For example, a hacker might change driver license data resulting in the arrests of innocent people.//

example's of Internet-Based Integrity: =IPhone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over, Security Firm Says=

A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in [|Apple]’s wildly popular [|iPhone] that allows them to take control of the device. The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients’ computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control of iPhones through a WiFi connection or by tricking users into going to a Web site that contains malicious code. The hack, the first reported, allowed them to tap the wealth of personal information the phones contain.

this article was taken from the New York Times.com

2007/07/23