Apple hit by hackers

Technology Feb. 20, 2013 - 06:19AM JST ( 15 )

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PsyopsFeb. 20, 2013 - 08:07AM JST

China is no victim, they are the perp doing the hacking
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basroilFeb. 20, 2013 - 09:19AM JST

I think the much bigger issue is:

OSX was easily hacked, in contrast to what they always say!
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2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 11:34AM JST

OSX was easily hacked, in contrast to what they always say!

OSX wasn't hacked. Java was. Too many security holes. Which is why Apple block it from Safari. Ironic really.
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basroilFeb. 20, 2013 - 12:02PM JST

2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 11:34AM JST

OSX wasn't hacked. Java was.

It's the same thing actually, since Java is installed by Apple itself! They provided the programs in the first place (inside OSX), so in effect the OS was hacked because Java is part of the OS.
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wtfjapanFeb. 20, 2013 - 12:44PM JST

hold on this is all lies, everybody knows hackers dont target Apple software because its unhackable, the Apple PR juggernaut will be out in force calming the fears of Apple geeks
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LostinNagoyaFeb. 20, 2013 - 01:07PM JST

It is a Java problem. Apple should get rid of it right now, like it did with Flash. I disabled Java in Safari preferences months ago and I don't use any soft that requires it to work.
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basroilFeb. 20, 2013 - 01:19PM JST

LostinNagoyaFeb. 20, 2013 - 01:07PM JST

It is a Java problem. Apple should get rid of it right now, like it did with Flash

What's next, getting rid of HTML5 because of vulnerabilities there? Why not throw out PDF and TIFF support too? OSX is horribly broken by layers of garbage added in the name of "standards compliance"
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viking68Feb. 20, 2013 - 02:29PM JST

Java is always being hacked.
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2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 03:30PM JST

It's the same thing actually, since Java is installed by Apple itself!

Actually it's generally blocked by Apple.

They provided the programs in the first place (inside OSX), so in effect the OS was hacked because Java is part of the OS.

First of all, Apple didn't supply it, it is supplied by Oracle. Second, it isn't part of OS X. It is a plug-in in Safari.
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basroilFeb. 20, 2013 - 03:47PM JST

2020hindsightsFeb. 20, 2013 - 03:30PM JST

Actually it's generally blocked by Apple.

No, only older versions are currently blacklisted, Java still perfectly useable as long as it's a fairly new version.

First of all, Apple didn't supply it, it is supplied by Oracle. Second, it isn't part of OS X. It is a plug-in in Safari.

Apple's own technical support states that they automatically installed Java in all OS versions up to Lion, and after that any computers that had been upgraded still have it. And as Safari is part of the operating system (you can't uninstall it, at least not in the normal sense of uninstalling), that is a vulnerability of the OS itself, as Java was installed by OSX as stated before.
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hoserfellaFeb. 20, 2013 - 04:13PM JST

Basroil - with all due respect your last post was erroneous.....Completely.
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Tom DeMickeFeb. 20, 2013 - 05:05PM JST

Catch the culprits and force them to use only Microsoft products for the rest of their lives.
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basroilFeb. 20, 2013 - 05:11PM JST

hoserfellaFeb. 20, 2013 - 04:13PM JST

Basroil - with all due respect your last post was erroneous.....Completely.

Your disrespect is duly noted, and your incorrect statement a blatant attack without backing:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/00-Intro/JavaDevelopment.html

And I quote:

"OS X version 10.6 includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Java SE 6 out of the box. "

How I can be wrong despite it being on apple's page is beyond reason.
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LostinNagoyaFeb. 21, 2013 - 12:23AM JST

Tom DeMicke at Feb. 20, 2013 - 05:05PM JST

Catch the culprits and force them to use only Microsoft products for the rest of their lives.

Lol. That would be a death sentence to them.
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2020hindsightsFeb. 21, 2013 - 09:53AM JST

basroil

No, only older versions are currently blacklisted, Java still perfectly useable as long as it's a fairly new version.

Wrong. Apple blocked the latest Oracle version of Java because it had security problems. Fact.

"OS X version 10.6 includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Java SE 6 out of the box. "

Irrelevant. 10.6 is history and not relevant to this story.