Today, Facebook the social networking giant a big surprised the world by saying "They were hacked," but along with that they also confirmed that the no user information was stolen.
Facebook revealed this information on their security blog that the company found in Jan that the Facebook servers were compromised in a very sophisticated manner. Few Facebook employees visited a developers website which was already compromised and targeted by hackers and through which the malware infected the Facebook employees laptops.
Facebook confirmed that they have not found any proof of users data being compromised or stolen.
One of the security consultant from another company which has knowledge about the attack said that the attack was originated from the china and it is very likely the china hackers are targeting one more time US number one social networking website Facebook.
Currently Facebook has over 1 Billion members on their website and underscores the growing threat of cyber attacks aimed at a broad variety of targets.
The social networking giant has repaired all the infected laptops of employees and also informed the officials regarding this and started an investigation on their on, on this matter. The company that they were not only the company which was targeted by attackers but was the first company to discover the attack.
"We are working continuously and closely with our own internal engineering teams, with security teams at other companies, and with law enforcement authorities to learn everything we can about the attack, and how to prevent similar incidents in the future," the company said on its website.
"As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we re-mediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement, and began a significant investigation that continues to this day," Facebook said.
After the news was out the Facebook shares fell about 18 cents to close at $28.32 and dropped another 7 cents in after-hours trading.
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| Facebook confirmed they were Hacked |
Facebook revealed this information on their security blog that the company found in Jan that the Facebook servers were compromised in a very sophisticated manner. Few Facebook employees visited a developers website which was already compromised and targeted by hackers and through which the malware infected the Facebook employees laptops.
Facebook confirmed that they have not found any proof of users data being compromised or stolen.
One of the security consultant from another company which has knowledge about the attack said that the attack was originated from the china and it is very likely the china hackers are targeting one more time US number one social networking website Facebook.
Currently Facebook has over 1 Billion members on their website and underscores the growing threat of cyber attacks aimed at a broad variety of targets.
The social networking giant has repaired all the infected laptops of employees and also informed the officials regarding this and started an investigation on their on, on this matter. The company that they were not only the company which was targeted by attackers but was the first company to discover the attack.
"We are working continuously and closely with our own internal engineering teams, with security teams at other companies, and with law enforcement authorities to learn everything we can about the attack, and how to prevent similar incidents in the future," the company said on its website.
"As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we re-mediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement, and began a significant investigation that continues to this day," Facebook said.
After the news was out the Facebook shares fell about 18 cents to close at $28.32 and dropped another 7 cents in after-hours trading.
