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Story: Mac hacking competition winner mocks Apple security

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Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 7 March 2006, 4:33 PM)

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This "test" was pointless. Participants were given local client access. They were already "in" the computer! That is not a test of server security. How long would it take a hacker to gain access of any operating system if they were given client access? Not very long. A new test has been started that challenges hackers to actually break into a server running OSX. Here is the URL. Will you run the story? Probably not but I thought I would tell you about it anway.

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