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Mac OS X lasts 30 minutes in concerted hack attack

Mac OS X lasts 30 minutes in concerted hack attack

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Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
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Mac security takes another hit this week, as an OS X hacker claims it was "" to take control of a Mac Mini and win a "hack my Mac" contest in less than 30 minutes. The hacker, Gwerdna, says he accomplished the feat using one of many unpublished exploits for Mac OS X. Good thing they're still unpublished...uh...as of today.