Apple's Cupertino campus.
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James Martin/CNET)
Apple today said it too was targeted as part of the string of hacking efforts on companies and news agencies.
The iPhone and
Mac maker today told Reuters that hackers targeted computers used by its employees, but that "there was no evidence that any data left Apple."
In a statement, Apple said it discovered malware that made use of a vulnerability in the Java plug-in, and that it was sourced from a site for software developers.
Apple blocked Java from some of its Macs late last month using its XProtect antimalware tool and citing security vulnerabilities.
Reuters says Apple plans to release a security update later today to protect user computers. CNET has reached out to the company for additional information and will update this post when we know more.
Apple joins a list of companies including Facebook, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, as targets of a group of hackers believed to originate from China.
A report Monday by The New York Times claimed that an "overwhelming percentage" of the cyberattacks on U.S. corporations, government agencies, and organizations all came from an office building in Shanghai with ties to the People's Liberation Army, information that remains unconfirmed and flatly denied by Chinese authorities.
The hack itself was months long, includding an attack on The New York Times that included the theft of corporate passwords of Times employees, as well as spying on personal computers. Apple says only "a small number of systems" were infected by the attack before being isolated.
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