Exploring stolen data markets online: Products and market forces

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-50

  Holt, Thomas J ^a   Lampke, Eric ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black markets; Cybercrime; Data theft; Electronic fraud; Hacking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949555353     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786011003634415     Document Type: Article

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