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Apple Security Blunder Exposes Lion Login Passwords In Clear Text

Posted by samzenpus on from the whoops dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Apple programmer, apparently by accident, left a debug flag open in the most recent version of its Mac OS X operating system. In specific configurations, applying the OS X Lion update 10.7.3 turns on a system-wide debug log file that contains the login passwords of every user who has logged in since the update was applied. The passwords are stored in clear text."

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  1. Great by lemur3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    now i can find out what my password is.

    ive been resisting a reboot for ages!

  2. Re:I wonder what the comment said... by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 5, Funny

    //REMEMBER TO COMMENT THIS SHIT OUT SO I DONT GET FIRED

    Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING....

  3. Re:malware by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yes, you're right. It sounds like it only impacts people who actually want / need security. So that's OK then.

  4. Typical Apple by toadlife · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copying features from Microsoft products again.

    --
    I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.