[pchelpers] News:With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest

With Vista hacked Friday, a Linux laptop remained uncompromised at the
CanSecWest PWN 2 OWN hacking contest.

Robert McMillan
PC World 
Saturday, March 29, 2008; 8:19 AM

The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was
hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a
Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a
three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest
conference.

Earlier this week, contest sponsors had put three laptops up for grabs
to anyone who could hack into one of the systems and run their own
software. A US$20,000 cash prize sweetened the deal, but the payout was
halved each day as contest rules were relaxed and it became easier to
penetrate the computers.

More here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032900961.html
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