Apple’s Macs Hacked
Apple has confirmed a report from Reuters claiming that, “Apple was attacked by hackers who infected a “small number” of its Mac computers. Apple allegedly believes that the same unidentified group are the one’s behind the attack on Facebook last week. In their own words,
“Apple Inc computers were attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook Inc, but no data appeared to have been stolen, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented admission of a widespread cyber-security breach.”
Furthermore, in a statement Apple provided to AllThingsD on the matter:
“Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers,” the company said in a statement to AllThingsD. “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,”
said Apple.
I guess Apple’s not as safe as they once were. Further updates can be expected as the news progresses.
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