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.
I do have the ability to recognize where problems exist. One of those problems is the platform. I am NOT excusing the virus writer and malicious hacker.
If Mercedes started advertising that their cars were now lock-free, or (for a modest fee) a metal loop could be attached that you can then use to twist a paperclip around to keep car thieves out, would you then blame only the thieves, or would you try to get Mercedes to beef up their security?
It is the same thing. Windows, while it does have some security, is not as strong as it could be. This is done in the name of "backward compatibility" and functionality.
The platform does bear some of the responsibility, while the black hats bear all of it.