I think this is a little far-fetched - I'd like to believe something (legislator comes clean, fed govt investigates more thoroughly as it is a direct threat to

I think this is a little far-fetched - I'd like to believe something (legislator comes clean, fed govt investigates more thoroughly as it is a direct threat to our democracy, etc) would stop that from happening. Worse has happened, though. I do believe that if the "market" for victims shrinks, naturally the number of ransomware attackers will shrink - sure, ransomware is "easy", but perhaps there's easier cybercrime to be committed with better odds. (I'm not sure how likely this is - I bet the ransomware scene is nowhere near saturated)