[melville_X]

Great point. They federal level infrastructure is pretty far from having that capability at the moment. As long as systems like one linked in the article are coming, the only natural response by the state is to establish an large-scale NSA-style hacking and network forensic agency working domestically.

There is no way they'll let digital black markets exist without creating a super-expensive heavy handed machine to attempt to stop it. Whether it is practical or not.