Surprisingly it was the Macbook Air!

The aim of the CanSecWest hacking contest was to read the contents of a specific file stored on each of the 3 laptops (1 running Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, 1 running Ubuntu 7.10, 1 running Mac OS X 10.5.2).

At first, the hackers were not permitted any direct access to the laptops and had to try and get in through the network... no one succeed at this stage so the contest was opened up a little...

The second day allowed the hackers to direct an operator on each laptop to websites or to open up emails.

The hack

Within 2 minutes, Charlie Miller had successfully compromised the Macbook Air and had read the contents of the required file! Winning $10,000 and all 3 laptops.

The method used was not disclosed but he had to use pre-installed software so the compromise was achieved either by the Mail app or Safari web browser.

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