Apple admits being hit by hackers, no data at risk

Apple on Tuesday, February 19, said it was hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company’s system but evidently failed to steal any data. Apple said it is working with law enforcement officials to hunt down the hackers, who appeared tied to a series of recent cyber attacks on US technology firms.  A “small number” of computer systems at Apple were infected but they were isolated from the main network, according the Silicon Valley based company. Representatives from Apple say there is no evidence that any data left Apple, it took the added steps of releasing a Mac OS update that disables Java software on computers that haven’t been used for 35 days or longer and a tool for finding and removing the malware.

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