Microsoft confirmed on Friday afternoon that it too was a victim of the same type of attack that affected Facebook and Apple earlier this month.

The company chose to not make a statement earlier this month while it was investigating the event, a move it says is consistent with its security response practices.

“During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, that were infected by malicious software using techniques similar to those documented by other organizations," Microsoft said in a blog post acknowledging the attack.

“We have no evidence of customer data being affected and our investigation is ongoing.”

Microsoft went on to say that the particular type of attack — an apparent malware attack originating from China – wasn't a surprise to the company, and is indicative of emerging threat trends.

“We continually re-evaluate our security posture and deploy additional people, processes, and technologies as necessary to help prevent future unauthorized access to our networks.,” the post said.
Microsoft's statement is similar to that made by Facebook and Apple regarding the same attack. In both cases companies said no data was stolen.

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