Facebook reports hacking attack
By Mourad Anouar
Morocco News Tribune
Oklahoma City, U.S.A—After Twitter and The New York Times, Facebook, the world’s largest online network, said Friday it was “targeted in a sophisticated attack” by hackers last month. There was ,however, no evidence that user data had been affected.
“Facebook 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. We plan to continue collaborating on this incident through an informal working group and other means,” Facebook said in a statement.
The “sophisticated attack” was discovered by Facebook security experts in January when a “malicious file” was found on the laptop of an employee according to a blog post.
“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,” Facebook says in its blog post.
Facebook, however, did not say what the hackers were able to have access to even if they assured users that usernames or passwords from the site were not obtained by the hackers.
“We have found no evidence that Facebook user data was compromised,” Facebook confirmed.