This is much more than simply a few script kiddies putting together something to annoy.

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If Apple plans to keep doubling the size of Mac marketshare every few years, the target for script kiddies and serious criminals alike will continue to become more tempting.

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Security experts therefore reckon that the automated tools used by script-kiddies are an important threat.

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