Hackers managed to access personal data of users by player

2017-10-22 18:34

Hackers managed to access personal data of users by player
Apple computers got a new Trojan in the new version of the program to listen to music Elmedia Player.

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Unknown hackers managed to access personal data of millions of users around the world using the player, reports Rus.Media. Apple computers got a new Trojan in the new version of the program to listen to music Elmedia Player.

At the moment MacOS are considered the most reliable devices, because the viruses are written for them very rarely, because most of the population is using computers with the Windows operating system.

Hackers managed to hack the official website of the company that deals with updates of player Elmedia Player. The attackers were able together with the update to make the program a virus that can steal user passwords and email accounts. Apple was able to quickly identify the virus, and transmit information to the developer. After that, the new version of the player, which is already cleared of dangerous virus. It is still unknown how many users have time to update the software with virus.