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Hi there.
until we all start using Quantum Computers there's NO SUCH THING as an unhackable machine. The design of Linux makes it harder to do and even IBM mainframes are hackable (manifestly harder still but not IMPOSSIBLE).
Also Hackers perceived (whether rightly or wrongly) that the users of Windows were easier to target (their words not mine) so they concentrated their efforts on Windows.
Of course these days FRAUD via SCAMS etc is a much more prevalent problem --fake websites, fake mobile phone call backs etc etc and most of these cannot be blocked via software / any type of AV / malware detection software.
If you use the Internet in such a manner as you get caught by these scams it won't matter which sort of OS you use. Linux is harder to install a virus on from outside but an idiotic user opening an email containing a link to say a fake website and then clicking on it will get scammed just the same as if he / she is using Windows.
Cheers
jimbo