HACKED MAC LAPTOP = HACKED CREDIT CARD The saga continues. So, in the Vancouver

HACKED MAC LAPTOP = HACKED CREDIT CARD

The saga continues.

So, in the Vancouver airport somehow I picked up something via either the web or email. Not sure what it could have been. But it toasted my Mac’s hard drive after stealing all my personal information.

I backed up my drive, put a new one in, and restored it carefully, only to have it be reinfected again. Replaced that drive, then copied over only the documents from the backup.

It took about two weeks for the credit card info to show up on the watch list of the bank, and they cancelled my card, and sent me a new one.

It looks like the Mac universe has caught up with the windows universe. WHat is the barrier to pareto efficiency? About 20%.

The fact that macs attract this kind of software means that mac’s have passed the tipping point. :/

I hate spammers and hackers. When I was doing this nonsense all we cared about was leaving “Hi there”, and a little poem or rhyme in your root directory. Fun is one thing. Theft is another.