RT Article
T1 Cooperation and distrust in extra-legal networks: a research note on the experimental study of marketplace disruption
JF Global crime
VO 23
IS 3
SP 259
OP 283
A1 Sebagh, Lonie
A2 Lusthaus, Jonathan 1984-
A2 Gallo, Edoardo
A2 Varese, Federico 1965-
A2 Sirur, Sean
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837020752
AB Cybercriminal markets serve as hubs for offenders and enable the sale of illegal goods and services. Thus far, the primary tactics that have been employed against these sites are arrests of cybercriminals and takedowns of marketplace infrastructure. This research note examines a different genus of disruptive strategy: attacks on user reputation. In this area, there has been some scholarly discussion of slander and Sybil operations as a means of fostering distrust. But carrying out empirical work on the effectiveness of these tactics is challenging. This research note presents a possible method for investigating this topic: social laboratory experiments. It reports on a feasibility pilot study inspired by cybercrime disruption, but which speaks to a broader range of extra-legal markets.
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Disruption
K1 Experiments
K1 extra-legal marketplaces
K1 Reputation
K1 Trust
DO 10.1080/17440572.2022.2031152