Intel reveals it's been hacked

Intel's latest financial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that the company was targeted in a sophisticated hacking attack in January, a risk not previously cited in the company's quarterly filings. "One recent and sophisticated incident occurred in January 2010 around the same time as the recently publicized security incident reported by Google," the company states in its Form 10-K Annual Report. "We seek to detect and investigate these security incidents and to prevent their recurrence, but in some cases we might be unaware of an incident or its magnitude and effects."

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