Technology | Microsoft Microsoft: We Got Hacked Too But software mega-company makes it sound minor By Neal Colgrass Posted Feb 22, 2013 7:05 PM CST Copied Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrives for a conference of the German Social Democratic party, SPD, in Hermannswerder near Potsdam, Germany, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/dapd, Clemens Bilan) All but inevitable? Microsoft has joined the ranks of US companies that admit to having been hacked, Reuters reports. On the heels of Twitter, Apple, Facebook, the New York Times, and others, Microsoft today announced that a few of its computers were infected with malware after connecting to a software developer website. The world's biggest software company made it sound minor, saying no customer data has been affected. No word yet on whether China's military was involved. Read These Next US boat strike in Eastern Pacific leaves survivors. Revolutionary Guard spokesman dies after issuing defiant statement. Robert Mueller, FBI boss who investigated Russia ties, Dies US drug way has a new hitch: Cartel leader is an American. Report an error