It's sad to me how the authorities are bragging about how quickly they caught them and how effective they are at solving this type of crime.<p>The truth is, the vast majority of these crimes go unpursued. They handled this quickly because it was so prominent, but if this happened to an everyday individual, the police wouldn't even bother.<p>I don't see this as much of a triumph. It never should have happened in the first place, and the consequences could have been utterly dire if it hadn't just been teenagers running a Bitcoin scam. This isn't a victory for nation-state security, it's an utter failure, and no policy changes have been made to prevent it happening again.<p>So what we have is a world in which our leadership is vulnerable to hackers, as are the rest of us, but only attacks against the rich and famous have actual consequences. It's the worst of all worlds.