Citation
Alvaro Cardenas, Svetlana Radosavac, Jens Grossklags, John Chuang, Chris Hoofnagle. "An Economic Map of Cybercrime". The 37th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC) 2009, George Mason University Law School, Arlington, VA, September, 2010.

Abstract
The rise of cybercrime in the last decade is an economic case of individuals responding to monetary and psychological incentives. Two main drivers for cybercrime can be identified: (1) the potential gains from cyberattacks are increasing with the growth of importance of the Internet, and (2) malefactors' expected costs (e.g., the penalties and the likelihood of being apprehended and prosecuted) are frequently lower compared with traditional crimes. In short, computer-mediated crimes are more convenient, and protable, and less expensive and risky than crimes not mediated by the Internet. The increase in cybercriminal activities, coupled with ineffective legislation and ineffective law enforcement pose critical challenges for maintaining the trust and security of our computer infrastructures.

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  Internet Policy (TPRC) 2009, George Mason University Law
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  Alvaro Cardenas, Svetlana Radosavac, Jens Grossklags, John
  Chuang, Chris Hoofnagle. "An Economic Map of
  Cybercrime". The 37th Research Conference on
  Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC) 2009,
  George Mason University Law School, Arlington, VA,
  September, 2010.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{CardenasRadosavacGrossklagsChuangHoofnagle10_EconomicMapOfCybercrime,
      author = {Alvaro Cardenas and Svetlana Radosavac and Jens
                Grossklags and John Chuang and Chris Hoofnagle},
      title = {An Economic Map of Cybercrime},
      booktitle = {The 37th Research Conference on Communication,
                Information and Internet Policy (TPRC) 2009,
                George Mason University Law School, Arlington, VA},
      month = {September},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {The rise of cybercrime in the last decade is an
                economic case of individuals responding to
                monetary and psychological incentives. Two main
                drivers for cybercrime can be identified: (1) the
                potential gains from cyberattacks are increasing
                with the growth of importance of the Internet, and
                (2) malefactors' expected costs (e.g., the
                penalties and the likelihood of being apprehended
                and prosecuted) are frequently lower compared with
                traditional crimes. In short, computer-mediated
                crimes are more convenient, and protable, and
                less expensive and risky than crimes not mediated
                by the Internet. The increase in cybercriminal
                activities, coupled with ineffective legislation
                and ineffective law enforcement pose critical
                challenges for maintaining the trust and security
                of our computer infrastructures.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/772.html}
  }
  

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