Hackers sell zero day exploits to Microsoft products at $50,000 a crack.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2073611,00.asp
Hacking is profitable. Just as is selling drugs. More so.
The internet is the new wild, wild west. Lawlessness abounds. Fend for yourself.
By the time the Marshall arrives it will be too late, and what good is one guy against a gang of thugs anyway.