Cybercrimes against critical infrastructures: A study of online criminal organization and techniques

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-271

  Rege Patwardhan, Aunshul ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructure; Cybercrime typology; Cyberterrorism; DDoS; Hacker taxonomy; SCADA systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249091463     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010903166965     Document Type: Article

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