In a move that
Reuters calls “an unprecedented admission of a widespread cyber-security breach,”
Apple (
AAPL) on Tuesday admitted that it was the victim of several attacks by the same group of Chinese hackers who previously targeted
Facebook (
FB) and other large companies. The hackers were able to infect a “small number” of
Mac computers that belonged to Apple employees, although it said that “there was no evidence that any data left Apple.” The company plans to release a software tool later today to protect customers from the malicious software used in the attacks. Facebook revealed last Friday that it was the victim of a sophisticated attack by a group of hackers that were traced back to China.
