The TV news has been full of stories about hostile Chinese hackers stealing plans, programming, codes, and whatever for things like the F-35 jet fighter, anti-ballistic missiles, and the rest of the advanced US weapons systems.
This would not be possible EXCEPT for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft has deliberately perforated Windows with back door loop holes that make breaking into a Windows machine child's play. For instance Autorun, a "feature" that loads and runs any program off of flashdrives. Stick a flashdrive in a USB port and that machine is totally yours. Stuxnet spread via autorun and so did the Bertlesmann - Sony rootkit of 2005. No user cares much about autorun, but the Microsofties love it and have kept modifying it and making it more powerful and more difficult to turn off.
For instance "remote job entry" which by its very name tells you it is a back door. Lord help the security minded owner who turns off "remote job entry", Windows won't reboot without it. Don't ask me how I know this.
For instance, Internet Exploder, which will download and run malicious code off websites, infecting your machine for merely visiting a hostile website. Web browsers should NEVER download or run anything off the web unless the user specifically clicks on something.
For instance allowing executable programming to be hidden inside of Office documents. And furthermore allowing Internet Exploder to pass these infected documents directly to Office to be run by just clicking on them.
There are lots more. Windows is so big, so complicated, and so flaky that no one understands the whole thing.
But as long as we run Windows, we make everything available to our enemies.
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