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Here it is again: that CNA Financial, which sells insurance, was hit by a ransomware attack and paid the ransom, which may have been as much as $40 million.

That makes the Colonial Pipeline ransom .

This time the culprit was 鈥� according to Bloomberg 鈥� the Russian cybercrime operation, 鈥淓vil Corp.鈥�

That鈥檚 what it鈥檚 called, probably to avoid any confusion with 鈥淕ood Guy Corp.”

The Good Guys聽are finding ways to fight back 鈥� the group that pulled off the pipeline caper, DarkSide, had to shut down after it 鈥渓ost access to the infrastructure.鈥� I think that means somebody鈥檚 government, very likely ours, also has some pretty good hackers.

But apparently it was too late to get the money back, which guarantees this will keep happening.

This is where I hope the world鈥檚 smartest computer geniuses, many of whom live and work聽right here and are now independently wealthy, will take on the role of Equalizer.

I love 鈥� Queen Latifah and her team of cyberwarriors can hack anything.

It鈥檚 time to make that real. America needs teams of keyboard superheroes with powers far beyond those of ordinary programmers who can quietly but decisively separate the bad guys from their stolen Bitcoin with some kind of exploding digital dye-pack.

How good would it feel to be the person smart enough to track down the pirates and make their blockchain treasure suddenly vanish?

I know there are those of you who can do it. And so I鈥檓 hoping you鈥檒l make it your hobby. I don鈥檛 know how you鈥檒l do it, and I don鈥檛 want to know, but what I do know is that until the members of 鈥淓vil Corp鈥� and 鈥淒arkSide鈥� pay a personal price, they will little-by-little, and ransom-by-ransom, spread chaos, which will turn into unrest — and go downhill from there.

The internet was originally designed as a way for trusted colleagues to share information among themselves. It is totally unsuited to protect us from organized sabotage.

If we鈥檙e going to stake our economy on it, it鈥檚 going to need a makeover. And to stave off disaster in the meantime, we’ll need some superheroes.

Evil Corp is now actively recruiting, with the promise of fat pay checks. America needs good guys who can make sure they bounce.

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