IE zero-day used to breach major U.S. companies (e.g. Google)

2010 Unknown records affected

Data compromised

Dates of birth

Technical writeup

Internet Explorer zero-day allowed attackers to gain admin-level access; used against Google, Adobe and others. Microsoft had been aware months prior; accelerated patch.

Root cause

IE 6 zero-day; delayed patching.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/