Pursuits

Cyber Cops Stymied by Anonymity in Tracking Google, Sony Hacks

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Hardly a month has gone by this year without a multinational company such as Google Inc., EMC Corp. or Sony Corp. disclosing it’s been hacked by cyber intruders who infiltrated networks or stole customer information. Yet no hacker has been publicly identified, charged or arrested.

If past enforcement efforts are an indication, most of the perpetrators will never be prosecuted or punished.