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February 19, 2013 11:28 pm GMT
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Apple Admits Some Macs Were Hacked
Apple has admitted that a "small number" of its machines were infiltrated last week -- by the same unidentified Chinese hackers who hit Facebook last month.
The Facebook attack occurred when "a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised," the social network said. That compromised site then installed malware on employee machines.
It wasn't immediately clear if Apple was attacked in the same way. No data appears to have been stolen, the company said.
The company will release a "software tool" later Tuesday to "protect customers against malicious software used in attacks on Apple and Facebook," Apple told Reuters.
The attack appears to have been…
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