Really? I'm not a Mac person. I work almost exclusively on HP ProLiant-class server hardware, but I know that the Mac adherents among my ilk were certain that the Mac would remain unscathed.
I was actually considering a MBP until I read this. Not to say that Mac isn't a more stable platform, but it appears that stability doesn't always equate to security.
Thanks for posting this!
The Mac was hacked through the Safari browser, but I know they just came out with a whole new version, and the older version was reputedly long in the tooth and had vulnerabilities.
Still, that Linux fared so well really is the story here, I think. I would have bet on the Mac outlasting it.