BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure describing the widest known cyber attacks targeting Apple computers used by corporations.
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.
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, was used to launch attacks against Facebook, which the social network disclosed on Friday.
The malware was also employed in attacks against Mac computers used by “other companies,” Apple said, without elaborating on the scale of the assault.
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Apple hacked by Facebook cyberattackers (CBS News)
Apple Hacked: Similar to Facebook Attack; No Data Breached (ABC News)
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