To report or not to report: Exploring the motivations and factors associated with reporting of ransomware victimisation among entrepreneurs

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102378

Sifra R. Matthijsse , M. Susanne van’t Hoff-de Goede , E. Rutger Leukfeldt

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Abstract

Although ransomware attacks are considered to be a prominent cyberthreat for organisations, little is known about reporting by entrepreneurs after ransomware victimisation. The current study uses two surveys to explore reporting behaviour among freelancers and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Netherlands. One survey was conducted among entrepreneurs who were victimised by ransomware (n=189). Another survey was conducted among entrepreneurs who were not victimised by ransomware (n=2,496) and included a vignette experiment. While about 92% of the entrepreneurs in the vignette experiment indicated that they would contact the police, only about 18% of the victims did, citing reasons such as solving it themselves or with the help of another party and the belief that the police will not do anything about it. Reporting to the police and to other organisations was related to the emotional and financial impact, with the exception of reporting to the police by victims. There was no association between a negative affective response and situational factors such as having a back-up and reporting among victims and non-victims.

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报告还是不报告：探讨企业家报告勒索软件受害者的动机和相关因素

尽管勒索软件攻击被认为是组织面临的主要网络威胁，但人们对企业家在遭受勒索软件侵害后的举报情况知之甚少。目前的研究使用两项调查来探索荷兰自由职业者和中小企业的报告行为。一项调查是在遭受勒索软件侵害的企业家中进行的（n=189）。另一项调查是在未受勒索软件侵害的企业家中进行的（n= 2496），其中包括一个小插曲实验。在小插曲实验中，约92%的企业家表示他们会联系警方，但只有约18%的受害者这样做了，他们给出的理由包括自己解决问题或在另一方的帮助下解决问题，以及相信警方不会采取任何措施。向警方和其他组织报告与情感和经济影响有关，但受害者向警方报告除外。消极情感反应与情境因素之间没有关联，例如在受害者和非受害者之间是否有备份和报告。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

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9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.