“Is it just my imagination or does no one in any position of authority seem to care at all about the people who unleash viruses/trojans/malware? I never hear about anything happening to any of them, or any efforts to find and do anything to them. I find it hard to believe it’s simply impossible to track them down.”
Aside from the recent illegal efforts to shut down legitimate web sites by the Obamafascists, the FBI has shut down several very big bot nets and cybertheft rings in the last couple of years, generally in cooperation with foreign law enforcement, since almost all of the really bad stuff is happening offshore.
A couple of those botnets were responsible for most of the spam that had been annoying everyone. They’ve also shut down some significant cybertheft rings.
I think they’ve been focusing on the really big outfits, ones doing real financial damage, as opposed to the hundreds of thousands of just plain assholes sending out infectious crap.
Well I’m glad to hear that. I guess it doesn’t get much media attention (I didn’t hear about it — not that I expect a personal email, but I do read the news).