You would think these people can be tracked down. Alot of damage is being done.
If they are making that much money, they can afford to pay people off.
That might help explain why those folks haven't been put in the goulag.
AHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
The whole thing about being anonymous online is actually entirely true.
If you know what you're dong, you're impossible to track.
Use the HTTP layer using spoofed proxies, or simply only surf from public connections. FTP the same way.
Use a VPN for any kind of torrent, swarm, TELnet, Gopher, USEnet or DCC setup.
Anonymous logins for IRCs.
Register websites using false identities, paid for with a prepaid VISA debit card available at any convenience store.
Code using computers, or HDDs, you're happy to dispose of, and upload from publicly accessible locations.
A little extra effort to reap in thousands of dollars a day for doing almost nothing... and you know why? Because the scam people fall for most often is a sense of security. Make them feel insecure, and they'll buy anything, without asking necessary questions.
The U.S. Government has proved this of its own people time and again, and the stats for people buying "anti-viral" programs after a pop up, a simple, freaking javascript popup, prove this point too.
You guys that are solidly into domains need to pull your heads out and actually look around you at what's going on in IT&T from time to time.
