The dark net: Self-regulation dynamics of illegal online markets for identities and related services

Proceedings - 2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, EISIC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 209-213

  Wehinger, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer fraud; Cybercrime; Identity theft; Online underground economy; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER FRAUD; CYBERCRIME; IDENTITY THEFT; ONLINE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY; SELF-REGULATION;

COMMERCE; CRIME; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFITABILITY;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 81255178753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EISIC.2011.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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