Ones and zeros affect human lives. Maybe a prohibition on paying off ransomware is needed, but it's not sufficient and I don't think it's the low hanging fruit

Ones and zeros affect human lives. Maybe a prohibition on paying off ransomware is needed, but it's not sufficient and I don't think it's the low hanging fruit. John Dillinger once made headlines because he was better armed than the locals. Then he ran across state boundaries because law enforcement didn't coordinate well. It took a federal response specialized to that type of crime to bring it under control.