That's certainly one aspect of it. Another is the ability of 9-yo script kiddies to write virii for a mainstream OS. That should tell you something about the OS itself.
The same people who wrote the first Linux virus wrote the first Win-95 virus.
Check your OS ego and attack problems, not platforms.
Governments, hipsters, and organized crime push out malware that cost billions in lost productivity and “software scanning” solutions.
But apparently, the view among political leadership is “we can absorb a computer attack” just as Barack Obama, POTUS, claims with regards to a terrorist attack.
9-year trained infantryman from Afghanistan could also cause a plane to nosedive.
Hackers are scum who deserved to be erradicated as any other terrorist or embezzler. It is malicious vandalism of the worst sort.