Then that should narrow the suspects greatly. Most of the elders aren't that stupid, even. It would have to be someone with a combination of old enough to have amassed that sort of power, but brash enough to think they could succeed.

[CSI: New Orleans. Here they sit, profiling their mysterious foe over breakfast.]

And also, despite being old, familiar enough with modern developments to use them to advantage. Some of the old ones do not bother to adapt to the times, do they.