Hacking Into A Mac is Easy: Mac OS X hacked in under 30 minutes

[mandy]

Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.

On February 22, a Sweden-based Mac enthusiast set his Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the computer's security and gain root control, which would allow the attacker to take charge of the computer and delete files and folders or install applications.

Participants were given local client access to the target computer and invited to try their luck...

The hacker that won the challenge...said he gained root control of the Mac in less than 30 minutes.

full article: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/so...748,00.htm