After the cyber attacks on Facebook, Twitter, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the American giant Apple admitted Tuesday that it has been the victim of cyber attacks, ensuring however that it had “no evidence” that data were stolen. Malicious software “has been used in an attack against Apple and other companies,” the group said the apple in an emailed statement. It states that the software “has been poured through a website for software developers” and used “a vulnerability in Java for browsers”.
The social network Facebook had already said last week that the vulnerability of the Java software marketed by Oracle group was used by hackers to commit a “sophisticated” attack against it through the contaminated site of an application developer.
Another social network, Twitter, had also released a warning against Java, announcing on February 2nd that about 250,000 of its users had been the victim of “sophisticated” hackers. The same week, U.S. newspapers New York Times and Wall Street Journal had reported that their computers and computer systems had suffered cyber attacks, pointing to the Chinese government.
Apple provided no evidence on the geographical origin of the attack, saying that they “work closely with law enforcement to find the source of the malware.” It ensures that the attack has affected a “small number of systems” within the group, who were “isolated from our network.” It also added: “There is no evidence that data was stolen.” The group said that it made available Tuesday a new tool that allows users of Macs to check the systems and purge the malware if it’s on their computers.
In other news, a computer security company based in Alexandria, Va., a U.S. report accuses the Chinese army of hacking computer systems and stealing commercial secrets. China denied the claim, saying that it is also a victim of hackers, mostly based in the U.S.
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