There is an elegance to the universe. Computer security researchers cracked the computers that control a botnet. Apparently the botnet operators were sloppy in their security. "Ain't nobody gonna crack us, mate."
You don't suppose the botnet controllers were running Windows, do you?
Users of Firefox on Windows should note that the botnet code has hooks for Firefox. So maybe Firefox on Windows isn't all that much more secure than Internet Exploder on Windows?