Where is Robin Hood when you need him?

Ok, so I found myself daydreaming this weekend about how cool it would be to have the ability to just snap your fingers and "poof" know how to do or fix anything. Of course my mind wandered into how I would apply this ability to my current work and my current class so I thought why not just help all the cyber criminals learn that crime doesn't pay (at least it shouldn't because it surely does today). So I thought to myself what would I actually do? I kept finding myself in a Robin Hood esq plotline in which I would steal from the criminals and give to the needy!

Yes, this is why I don't work in Hollywood. Anyway I found myself focussing more on the "legality" of it all. Could I do this sort of thing legally? Would I only be able to return the money to the orignial victims? What if my abilities couldn't accomplish such a task?

So here's the question, if you steal from a thief are you just as guilty as they are regardless of what you do with the money (aside from returning it to the original victims)? What if the money stolen is insured? What if the money recovered is used to fund the organizations that fight cyber security?

Then, of course, I remember that I would have the ability to snap my fingers and have a way to fix any situation. : )

I truly think we need a hero or group of heroes to fight the good fight within cyber security. It truly is like the wild west, no borders, no laws, and everyone has the ability to do whatever they want with little risk. I wonder if some think tank somewhere will take matters into their own hands and start hacking the hackers and emptying the bank accounts of cyber criminals. Wouldn't that be an awesome headline! "Hackers Hacked, left broken and broke!"

Not much of a post this week everyone, I know and I am sorry. I just can't help myself. With the economy the way it is I can't help but think that eventually cyber criminal endeavors will take its toll, if it already isn't, on our weak economy. I guess I just wish I had a way to help defend our country from this threat.