[SpookyZalost]

That's kind of my point though, most hackers want low level root access if they're attacking a system so they can gain control of it.  If we're talking of prankster hackers that's different, but modern black hats seem to want 3 things, control over a system, destruction of a system, or to steal pii and secure information.  The first is far more difficult to pull in nix based systems.  The second is usually only caused by people not knowing what they're doing or having a vulnerability that can cause chaos. And the third is mostly people not understanding proper user security/infosec.