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It must be an easy way for smart people to make a LOT of money.
You do have to be intelligent smart. Not smart smart, like Vint Cerf. More shrewd smart, like Bill Gates. You start a firm that specializes in "cyber-security". Ok, you are half way there because almost nobody understands what cyber-security is or how it works. Even better-- since there may not be as much of a threat out there as people generally think there is, it will be hard for anyone to prove that you aren't successful at it. I call it the "gravity market". You sell people a service to keep the objects they own from floating up into outer space. You can offer lavish guarantees.