Facebookは、先月凄腕ハッカーにハッキングされたことを明かにした。同社によれば個人情報が盗まれた形跡は見当たらないとのことである。
Facebookによれば、社員がハッカーの手の入ったモバイルデベロパーサイトにアクセスした際に攻撃されたとのことである。
同社はブログで、同様の手口で攻撃されたのは自社だけではないとしている。
(中略)
Facebookはマルウェア(悪意あるソフトウェア)が社員のラップトップにダウンロードされたことを検知した直後に、感染したコンピュータを正常に戻す処理を行うと共に、警察に報告して大掛かりな調査を開始し、現在も調査中であると発表した。
(中略)
この事件が凄腕ハッカーによる直近の有名サイトをターゲットにした攻撃である。
Twitterは今月上旬に、25万人のユーザ名、パスワード、メールアドレス等々が盗まれた件について「アマチュアの仕業ではない」と述べている。
New York TimesとWashington Post, Wall Street Journal は口を揃えて各社のシステムが中国から"執拗な"攻撃を受けていると中国を非難し続けているが、中国はそれを否定している。
Facebook has revealed it was the target of a "sophisticated attack" by hackers last month, but found no evidence any user data had been compromised.
The US-based social network said that the attack occurred when employees visited a mobile developer website "that was compromised".
Facebook said in a blog post that it was not the only company to have been attacked in this way.
More than one billion people use Facebook worldwide.
"Last month, Facebook security discovered that our systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack," the California-based company said.
"The attack occurred when a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised."
Malware was downloaded on to its employees' laptops, the firm said, adding: "As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we remediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement, and began a significant investigation that continues to this day."
"We have no evidence that Facebook user data was compromised in this attack," Facebook said in its blog post.
The firm went on to say that it was "not alone in this attack".
"It is clear that others were attacked and infiltrated recently as well. As one of the first companies to discover this malware, we immediately took steps to start sharing details about the infiltration with the other companies and entities that were affected," Facebook said.
This is the latest attack by apparently sophisticated hackers targeting high-profile sites.
Twitter said earlier this month that the theft of 250,000 users' passwords, as well as usernames, emails and other data, was "not the work of amateurs".
The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal have all accused China of "persistently" hacking into their security systems - accusations China denies.
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