Microsoft Admits Critical IE Flaw Used In Google Attack

January 15, 2010 by Anna Hayward  
Filed under Internet, Web Browsers

Microsoft Admits Critical IE Flaw Used In Google Attack

Attackers targeting Google and a host of other U.S. companies recently used software that exploits a new hole in Internet Explorer, Microsoft said Thursday.

Microsoft has admitted that its Internet Explorer was a weak link in the recent attacks on Google’s systems that originated in China.