Unfortunately, I suspect vigilante behaviour and thinking is becoming more popular in society as a whole, both in cyber security and outside of it. See also the

Unfortunately, I suspect vigilante behaviour and thinking is becoming more popular in society as a whole, both in cyber security and outside of it. See also the attacks on social media sites/attempts to get people fired/blacklisted, the increase in protests turning violent, and hacking attempts in general. Feels like a decent percentage of the population have lost faith in the government and rule of law. Which to be fair, wouldn't exactly be a shocking belief where cybersecurity is concerned. The police and authorities rarely do anything effective against hackers, virus creators and other internet law breakers in general, in part because it requires a lot of resources to investigate someone/some group who might very well be on the other side of the planet and outside the victim's legal system. In that sense, I'm not surprised it's getting more popular.