Abstract: A computer method for maintaining a hack trap by employing a Malware Diagnostics software module on every client system on the Internet. The Malware Diagnostics module includes a hacker spyware that communicates with a central data vault. The primary steps of the present method include: 1) deployment, by identifying the IP and MAC address of the hacker and downloading the Malware Diagnostics spyware; 2) monitoring, the Malware Diagnostics spyware covertly monitoring the hacker; 3) reporting, the Malware Diagnostics software module on the client system and the Malware Diagnostics downloadable infecting the hacker's system both reporting to a central geolocation server; 4) analyzing, the central geolocation server applying analytics to determine the geolocation and identity of the hacker; and 5) prosecuting, the central geolocation server preparing an indictment against the hacker for signature by the victim, as a formal accusation that the hacker has committed a crime.