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| Quote: The same group of hackers that attacked Facebook last month also successfully attacked Apple, the company revealed today. The Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant told the Reuters news agency that while its networks were successfully breached, there was "no evidence that any data left Apple." It's almost exactly the same wording used by Facebook last week when it disclosed it had also been hacked. A small number of the company's employees Mac computers were hit by the hack, which exploited a vulnerability in the Java Web plug-in. | |
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http://www.zdnet.com/apple-hacked-by-sa ... 000011509/
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| Apple wrote: Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers. The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers. We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple. We are working closely with law enforcement to find the source of the malware. Since OS X Lion, Macs have shipped without Java installed, and as an added security measure OS X automatically disables Java if it has been unused for 35 days. To protect Mac users that have installed Java, today we are releasing an updated Java malware removal tool that will check Mac systems and remove this malware if found. | |
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