I think one factor not being accounted for is cybersecurity is a fairly big priority for law enforcement yet in a very large number of cases they are never able

I think one factor not being accounted for is cybersecurity is a fairly big priority for law enforcement yet in a very large number of cases they are never able to find or prosecute people responsible. So they need to "make the numbers" to show that they are being effective and the easiest strategy is to go for easy targets.