Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds at PWN2OWN, wins $5k

Charlie Miller defends his title; IE8 also falls on Day One of hacking contest

Gregg Keizer

March 18, 2009 (Computerworld) Charlie Miller, a security researcher 
who hacked a Macintosh in two minutes last year at CanSecWest's 
PWN2OWN contest, improved his time today by breaking into another 
Macintosh in under 10 seconds.

Miller, an analyst at Independent Security Evaluators in Baltimore, 
walked off with a $5,000 cash prize and the MacBook he hacked.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129978

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