Last month, the US Department of Homeland Security
recommended disabling Java in Web browsers to avoid hacking.
Apple reported that some of its company computers were hit
by hackers who took advantage of flaws in the Java plug-in for Web browsers.
The infection of malicious software was similar to the one Facebook
acknowledged last week.
Apple said "The malware was employed in an attack
against Apple and other companies and was spread through a website for software
developers". The Java vulnerability is well known, and the Silicon Valley Company
has attempted to disable the plug-in on all Macs.
"There is no evidence that any data left Apple",
said Apple. "We are working closely with law enforcement to find the
source of the malware."
California-based company said "Facebook was not alone
in this attack, it is clear that others were attacked and infiltrated recently
as well."
Earlier this month Twitter said it was also hit by hacking
and that the passwords of about 2,50,000 users were stolen. "This attack
was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated
incident," Twitter information security director Bob Lord said in a blog
post at the time.
US newspapers The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
recently said that they had also been hacked, however they pointed to attackers
from China.
