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Apple Says It, Too, Attacked By Hackers

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Apple Says It, Too, Attacked By Hackers

Apple said Tuesday that a small number of its employees’ computers were hacked through a vulnerability in the Java browser plug-in but said none of its internal data was compromised.
“Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers,” the company said in a statement to AllThingsD. “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.”
The company notes that it has been shipping Macs without Java since the release of Mac OS X Lion and also has a software mechanism that disables Java if it goes unused for 35 days. Apple is also releasing an updated software tool to detect and remove Java-related malware.. ...

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reply to haroldo
Oh Oracle.

You're really bad at maintaining Java.

reply to Linklist
China denies it is behind the hacking:
»online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1···yWj.html

As for myself, I don't buy their denials.
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reply to haroldo
I bet we are hacking China daily too.

Hacking seems to be the cloak and dagger art of the internet age.

We know that no data got out of Apple because if someone stole the specs for the iPhone 6 or iPad 4, Apple would have deployed a squadron of iKill drones....
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I think that the military network is separate from the civilian one, or one would hope so.

I think [or hope] the the vital stuff like Air traffic control, power grid, even the banking system is on a different network[s].
Sure your bank may have access for you on the normal internet, but does that mean their whole system is that easy to get into?
I'd hope not.
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It's hard to protect against stupid.

And in that case the scientists open themselves up to termination and possible legal action by the company.

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reply to haroldo
Hacking cannot launch missiles yet. as far as I know nukes and even cruise missiles require a physical action to authorize a launch. Nukes need their keys turned and need launch codes. And cruise missiles likely still very much need a physical button pushed. I doubt we will ever give the keys to weapons that can kill masses of people completely over to a computer.
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reply to haroldo
With the amount of 'stuff' across the World 'Made in China' they won't have to hack 'owt.....very soon it will come prehacked.............

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reply to kerriskandie
Made in Taiwan, made in Vietnam, made in Malaysia, made in Thailand...Assembled in China...big difference and one that China is finding out as their cost of coastal labor continues to increase.

reply to Snakeoil

I think the military already has their own 'net. For the last few years they have been using their own net to play their war games.

»www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/no···t-cables

After reading the article, it seems their secure net isn't as secure as they'd like it to be. So it wouldn't surprise me, if they built yet another network.

Not sure if business does or not, though that would depend on the business. You'd think utilities would keep the "mission" critical stuff off the net or have it on a private network. But you never know, as bean counters like to keep costs down.
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