[American Quilter]

I work in cyber security. We are already not able to keep up with customer demand. Nor can we find qualified people.

Couldn't someone offer a huge amount of money to anyone who can develop software to track down and identify these criminals? Or is that naive thinking?

[DoodleBob]

I was speaking with an IT guy about the movie "Slap Shot", where Reggie Dunlop announces that he is placing a personal bounty on the head of Tim McCracken, the coach of their opponent that night. I asked why don't companies offer bounties for the heads of the hackers? He smiled and said it may work.

[taxcontrol]

Sorry that is naive thinking. Even if it was legal (it’s not) there are all kinds of ways for these guys to hide who they are.

I do penetration tests as part of my job. Our attack method starts in stealth mode, then works up via a series of “escalations” to basically stomping around inside of someone’s environment. I have NEVER been detected in stealth mode, and only a couple times have I been detected and the next level up.

[grey_whiskers]

Couldn't someone offer a huge amount of money to anyone who can develop software to track down and identify these criminals? Or is that naive thinking?

Software? How about Einsatzgruppen? (Think "shooting the hacker in the face with a bazooka" if you catch my drift).

/rant mode *off*>