Most of the people doing it are in Russia and there is no jurisdiction. The AV2009, the AV2010, then AV2011 virus that came in looking all official and was just an extortion plot to get your money were all from Russia. And the US government can not touch them, and the Russian legal system has nothing in place to make it illegal. Welcome to the wonderful world of IT Security. Even if you track down the emanating IP address, they can't do anything about it.


I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.