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  • Mac OS X hacked in 30 minutes? Not quite

    03/07/2006 10:46:02 AM PST · by anonymous_user · 10 replies · 476+ views
    Macworld ^ | 3/7/06 | Jim Dalrymple
    Claims of Mac OS X being hacked in under 30 minutes are not quite what they seem, according to Dave Schroeder, Senior Systems Engineer at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. A recent ZDNet article told the story of a Swedish man who setup his Mac mini as a server and invited people to try to break into the system and gain root control. Having root control of a computer allows you do install applications, move or delete files. Within hours of the challenge going live, it was over as a hacker gained root control of the Mac mini. However,...