Monday, 25 February 2013

Microsoft's computer hacked, just like Facebook, Apple

Microsoft announced that it had fallen victim to cyber attack that infects computers belong to major companies by exploiting the Java vulnerability.

In Security Response center blog, the organization said the security intrusion was similar to recent ones reported by Apple and Facebook.

"We found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, that were infected by malicious software using techniques similar to those documented by other organizations." Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Security General Manager Matt Thomlinson said in the post.

The organization claimed that they found no evidence to indicate that any data has been compromised in the incident . They are continuing their investigation.

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