For the U.S., the extradition of Ercan Findikoglu shows the value of patience when it comes to pursuing suspected hacker kingpins. The case marks a success for a strategy quietly honed over a decade by the U.S. Secret Service to target alleged leaders of global cybercrime. “The strategy that we deploy is to work our way throughout an organization and get to the highest levels,” said Ari Baranoff, assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s criminal investigative division.