Hackers (in the negative sense of the word) are also very unlikely to be caught & face consequences for their actions. Yes it can happen, but rarely. So from a

Hackers (in the negative sense of the word) are also very unlikely to be caught & face consequences for their actions. Yes it can happen, but rarely. So from attacked parties' p.o.v., one can secure systems, mitigate attacks, take attacked systems offline, maybe counter-attack (like try wiping systems that attack, legal or not), but practically always the hackers behind an attack will remain out of reach. At most one may get lucky & identify attack as orchestrated by a specific hacking group.