Industry of Anonymity: Inside the Business of Cybercrime
Cybercrime now operates like a business. Its goods and services may be illicit, but it is highly organized, complex, driven by profit, and globally interconnected. This talk examines the underground economy and how it works. In particular, it seeks to make sense of the strategies cybercriminals use to build a thriving industry in a low-trust environment characterized by a precarious combination of anonymity and teamwork. It is based on 7 years of fieldwork in cybercrime hotspots around the world, including in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Brazil, Nigeria, China and the USA. The core source of data is interviews with almost 250 law enforcement agents, security professionals and former cybercriminals.
Date: 8 October 2018, 12:45 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Jonathan Lusthaus (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Sociology
Organisers: Colin Mills (University of Oxford), Man Yee Kan (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: jane.greig@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Jane Greig