Hackers Target Apple? Congratulations!

Weird things are happening these days. The Red Sox win the World Series (in four games, yet!)—and hackers hit the Macintosh. It’s hard to say which is the stranger event.

The Apple community has—since its inception—been largely immune to nefarious hackers bent on spreading harm. If you are a Windows user, as I am, you know the routine. You complain about the latest spyware or virus attack, and Apple devotees respond with good-natured teasing—they don’t have worry about such nonsense. Well, now they do. That’s not true anymore.

Predictably, posts on various Apple-related message boards have been offering varying levels of concern, ranging from mild disappointment to utter gloom. I think this reaction is fundamentally misguided. MAC users should not be upset about this malware news; they should rejoice.

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I can’t think of anything to add to this story :(