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Opera is security through obscurity. Bad idea.
Internet Explorer was being constantly hacked throughout the competitions. IE is a core Windows OS component. So yes, Windows itself was hacked.
Besides for which, how do you think they were supposed to get the code to the device in question, if not though the browsers? The browsers which loaded plugins from both user-installed software and OS software like .NET, Silverlight, and QuickTime.
I do note that the second year, a Ubuntu Linux 7.10 laptop was part of the competition. In linux's one and only appearance, it did not get exploited. Draw your own conclusions.
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