Every time this sort of thing comes up, I find myself wondering if there’s something obvious I’m missing. In the physical world, I have have physical locks guarding my front door, my banks safety deposit box, and the property I share with 300 million other citizens. And if by chance one of those locks should fall to a determined bad guy, there is some kind of procedure in place to go after them. There’s at least a token deterrent in the form of the police. (Yeah, I know whaty chances are of getting my stolen car returned or my burgled stuff back, but the principle is there at least)
In the computer realm, it appears that all the security is wrapped up in the locks, and if they should fall to a determined attacker, there is no deterrent, no investigation possible, it’s like a jaw-droppingly wild west free for all. It’s still galls me that the baddies who tried to short airline shares in advance of 9/11 have not been tracked down. Is the their opsec really just that good? Or is it just a matter of no one having enough jurisdiction to follow the data?
If a bitcoin heist can be tracked in real time, how is it that 419 scammers can receive conventional money from their marks without fear of getting caught? I’m not whining just to whine, I really would love to know what makes it so dangerous out there.
It’s as if the pirates were the only ones with boats, and no one had ever thought to invent a Navy yet.
what gives?
