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Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of mac systems through a vulnerability in the java plug-in for browsers.The malware was employed in an attack aginst apple and other compinies, and ws spread though a website for software developers.As in the facebook casse, the company said hackers were only able to access a small number of apple employees' macintosh computers. apple then isolated them from its network(there was no evidence that any of the data left apple)facebook reported on friday that it was targeted in a sophisticated attack. Like apple today it said that there wsa no evidence that facebook user data was compromised. secrity experts told ABC news that it is likely that the only information compromised was what was on the personal computers of those employees whosse machines were infected. Both attacks used a vulnerability in java, th software used to show how much of the content on web browsers. Because of that vulnerability, the department of homeland security released a statement last month urging computers users to disable the software in browsers. Apple said that its opperating systems do not ship with java installed. if a user installs java, apples software will automatically disable it if it has been unsured for 35 days. Apple will also be releasing a new update that will help aginst java threats.To protect mac users who have installed java, today we are releasing an updated java malware removal tool that will check mac systems and remove this malware if found. Apple and facebook's announcments comes after twitters announcment on feb.1 that 250,000 accounts were compromised in an attack.Twitter told affected users to reset their passwords.The new york times and the wall street journal said their computer systems were infiltrated by chinese hackers in late january.