Website defacement and routine activities: considering the importance of hackers’ valuations of potential targets

Although a relatively simple form of hacking, website defacement can have severe consequences both for the websites that are attacked and the reputation of their owners. However, criminological research has yet to fully explore the causes and correlates of website defacement. We consider whether var...

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Main Author: Howell, C. Jordan (Author)
Contributors: Burruss, George W. ; Maimon, David ; Sahani, Shradha
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Journal of crime and justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 5, Pages: 536-550
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Cybercrime
Routine Activity Theory
Website defacement

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