Publication Type
Conference Paper
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
6-2017
Abstract
Prior studies have evidenced the effectiveness of more severe and broader enforcement in deterringcybercrimes. This study addresses the other side of the story. Our data analysis shows that theenforcement against the production / distribution / possession of computer misuse tools tends toincrease the contribution on detection and protection related posts in online hacker forums. Butthis enforcement may discourage those contributors who had originally actively contributed to theprotection discussions. Thus government regulations have to be cautiously justify the incentives ofmultiple parties in the cybersecurity context.
Keywords
Information Security, Hacker Forum, Criminalization, Protection, Content Contribution
Discipline
Databases and Information Systems | Management Information Systems
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
The 11th China Summer Workshop on Information Management
Publisher
Ashgate
City or Country
Nanjing China
Citation
WANG, Qiu-Hong and LE, Ting Zhang.
The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion. (2017). The 11th China Summer Workshop on Information Management.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3767
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