The Social Network Structure of a Computer Hacker Community

Identity theft and financial fraud conducted by hackers have evolved into serious and pervasive threats to consumers and the financial services industry (Furnell, 2002). Computer hackers, both individually and as a group, have been identified as a primary threat to computer systems and users. The CSI Computer Crime & Security Survey, the world’s most widely quoted survey on computer crime, found that financial fraud, password sniffing, and malware infection cost organizations the most, with an average loss close to $289,000 for each respondent’s organization (Richardson, 2009). Academic research from a variety of disciplines has contributed to our understanding of the hacker’s attack methods (Furnell, 2002), subculture (Thomas, 2002), and motivations (Taylor, 1999). Previous studies by Meyer (1989) and Holt ABSTRACT

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