TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizations and cyber crime
T2 - An analysis of the nature of groups engaged in cyber crime
AU - Broadhurst, Roderic
AU - Grabosky, Peter
AU - Alazab, Mamoun
AU - Chon, Steve
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper explores the nature of groups engaged in cyber crime. It briefly outlines the definition and scope of cyber crime, theoretical and empirical challenges in addressing what is known about cyber offenders, and the likely role of organized crime groups. The paper gives examples of known cases that illustrate individual and group behaviour, and motivations of typical offenders, including state actors. Different types of cyber crime and different forms of criminal organization are described drawing on the typology suggested by McGuire (2012). It is apparent that a wide variety of organizational structures are involved in cyber crime. Enterprise or profit-oriented activities, and especially cyber crime committed by state actors, appear to require leadership, structure, and specialisation. By contrast, protest activity tends to be less organized, with weak (if any) chain of command.
AB - This paper explores the nature of groups engaged in cyber crime. It briefly outlines the definition and scope of cyber crime, theoretical and empirical challenges in addressing what is known about cyber offenders, and the likely role of organized crime groups. The paper gives examples of known cases that illustrate individual and group behaviour, and motivations of typical offenders, including state actors. Different types of cyber crime and different forms of criminal organization are described drawing on the typology suggested by McGuire (2012). It is apparent that a wide variety of organizational structures are involved in cyber crime. Enterprise or profit-oriented activities, and especially cyber crime committed by state actors, appear to require leadership, structure, and specialisation. By contrast, protest activity tends to be less organized, with weak (if any) chain of command.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1096833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901820106
SN - 0974-2891
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - International Journal of Cyber Criminology
JF - International Journal of Cyber Criminology
IS - 1
ER -