Hackers recently broke into the computer systems at a Massachusetts office of the United Way and tried -- but failed -- to steal $150,000.

"Patricia Latimore, chief financial officer at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimac Valley, said unknown attackers tried to initiate a number of bogus financial transfers out of the organization’s bank account, but that the United Way was able to work with its bank to block or reverse the unauthorized transfers," writes Brian Krebs at Krebs on Security.

"The intruders attempted to send more than $110,000 in unauthorized payroll transfers to at least a dozen individuals across the United States who had no prior business with the United Way chapter," Kreb writes.

Click here to read the Krebs on Security article.