The other days, the Facebook company confirmed that its servers were attacked by hackers, and today those from Apple have confirmed the same thing, stating however that the intruders did not compromise data from the Macs located in his office. The company claims that a small number of Macs owned by its employees were exploited by hackers, but it seems that no information was copied from them. In order to protect consumers against this kind of attacks, Apple will release a software today, which is of course dedicated only to Mac owners.
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. Apple, which is working with law enforcement to track down the hackers, told Reuters that only a small number of its employees' Macintosh computers were breached, but "there was no evidence that any data left Apple." The iPhone and iPad maker said it would release a software tool later on Tuesday to protect customers against the malicious software used in the attacks.
This is probably the first time that Apple confirms the fact that the Macs of its own employees were accessed by hackers, but it was normal to state that no data was copied from them. During this night, the program that the people from Reuters are talking about will be published, and probably then we will find out what kind of vulnerability it is.
UPDATED: It seems that the basis of the attack was a vulnerability of a Java plugin, Java being a huge source of problems for PC owners.
Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plugin 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.
