OT: Phishy Paypal -- reinstalling OS helps?

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Chipp Walters  wrote:

>> What's sadly amusing is that TechTV labs (G4TechTV) did a non-scientific
>> test of setting up three new, out of the box unprotected systems in their
>> offices and connecting them to the Internet: one running Linux, one Mac, and
>> one Windows.  The Windows system was accessed and hacked in about 4 minutes.
> 
> I'm sure every script-kiddy in the world watching that show was pinging
> that machine trying to get in.

My understanding is they announced their experiment after the fact, so there
wasn't any notice given out.  That is why the result was notable.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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