A recent malware attack has Facebook working with the FBI to investigate the attack.

Last month, the social networking site was targeted by online hackers in an attack that has yet to be resolved. While Facebook reports such hacking attempts are quite frequent, the company is allegedly able to, the "vast majority of the time," thwart those attempts. Most of the time hackers are attempting to access users private data. According to facebook Security, in January it was ascertained that the site "had been targeted in a sophisticated attack" and in response "began a significant investigation that continues to this day." The attack originated on several employee computers which were isolated by Facebook and used to determine the source of the malware.

Facebook is no stranger to privacy criticisms. Accusations of selling user data to third-party companies for a profit have severely hurt the site's reputation in the past, and users are quick to suspect Facebook of security breaches. Another company that has been receiving heat for recent security vulnerabilities has been Oracle for the Java attacks over the past several months. In fact, the attacks seem somewhat related. "After analyzing the compromised website where the attack originated, states Facebook Security, "we found it was using a `zero-day' (previously unseen) exploit to bypass the Java sandbox." But the good news is as of yet, the damage appears minimal. Facebook has declared that as of yet no users have had their security compromised as a result of this incident.