A phone charging cable dropped in the lost and found. A USB thumb drive left in an employee smoking area. Third, it could be something that's not even network-based so it ends up being entirely innocuous. In countries where IP addresses are just sorta willie-nillie, or someone can accumulate a bunch by using prepaid phone SIMs for internet access, it goes from slipping through cracks to walking in a wide open canyon. In the US, where ISPs are well-regulated, it's still possible to slip through the cracks via VPNs. Second, determining where they are is hard.

Even if investigators knew exactly who they were, catching them may very well be impossible because they're outside of actionable jurisdiction. They're probably in a country that's not on good terms with the US (and as such doesn't have an active extradition treaty) such as Iran, China, Russia, etc. Warning that this is going to be much more 'Explain like I'm 12'.įirst of all, the chance that these hackers are in the US is essentially zero. I think there's a bad amount of Hollywood-itis at play here.

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