The laptops are 40 percent more energy efficient than previous ThinkPad laptops, and users can deploy Lenovo's Power Manager software tool to monitor and adjust their power settings.
According to those who have followed the attack at the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center, a cybersecurity crisis response organization, the infection tool is partially written in Chinese characters and compiled on a computer with Chinese language settings.
Pizzimenti, also a co-founder of chat client startup Olark, says he wrote the tool with his family members who were on Facebook in mind, after the recent bout of privacy changes made the settings more complicated.