Extra, extra, read all about it!
Apple has said the havkers are the same ones who hit Facebook recently. A small number of machines were affected, but there was no evidence of data theft, Apple says. The hacking was enabled by a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers. Apple also said it would release a software update to protect users from the exploit.
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Looks like it's probably more of an issue with Java (no surprises there) rather than the OS.