Microsoft becomes latest hacking victim
Microsoft has joined the list of prominent technology companies confirming they have been hit by a recent computer hacking attack.
It said in a blog posting yesterday it had found no evidence that any customer data had been stolen.
Microsoft gave few other details about the break-in, except to say that was it similar to a hacking attack that online social networking leader Facebook disclosed last week.
Facebook said its investigation had discovered other companies had been hacked, but did not identify the other victims.
Like Facebook, Microsoft says it is still investigating how malicious software was planted on what it said were a small number of its computers.
Online messaging service Twitter also recently revealed that hackers may have stolen information about 250,000 of its users.
