According to a new report from Reuters, Apple was also attacked by hackers who infected the Macintosh computers of some employees, this follows a similar announcement from Facebook.
“Unknown hackers infected the computers of some Apple workers when they visited a website for software developers that had been infected with malicious software. The malware had been designed to attack Mac computers,” Jim Finkle and Joseph Menn report for Reuters. “The same software, which infected Macs by exploiting a flaw in a version of Oracle Corp’s Java software used as a plug-in on Web browsers.”
According to the report, Apple had this to say in a statement:
[quote] 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.[/quote]
Apple is apparently working closely with law enforcement to find the culprits.The Cupertino-based company also plans to release a piece of software on Tuesday, which it said customers can use to identify and repair Macs infected with the malware used in the attacks, according to the report.
Source: Reuters
