More than 600,000 Macs infected with Flashback botnet

[djbaxter]

More than 600,000 Macs infected with Flashback botnet
by Steven Musil, CNet
April 4, 2012

Russian antivirus company says half the computers infected with malware designed to steal personal information are in the U.S. -- with 274 located in Cupertino.

More than half a million Macs are infected with the Flashback Trojan, a malware package designed to steal personal information, according to a Russian antivirus company.

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[Linda Buquet]

Yikes, so scary. I don't even have a Mac and it's still scary.
Damn hackers!

 

[Nomad2075]

While obviously it is not such a good thing that all those machines are infected, this might finally put to bed that myth that macs don't get viruses.