In the Name of Dark Web Justice: A Crime Script Analysis of Hacking Services and the Underground Justice System

IF 1.3 2区 社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Kyung-shick Choi, C. S. Lee
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Abstract

The Dark Web serves as a key venue for peddling illegal goods and services, from stolen possessions and drugs to illicit activities. The concurrent increase in Tor network usage and the development of cryptocurrency has led to the creation of major black market sites. One of the most popular illicit services offered on the Dark Web is hacking, which includes website/social media account hacking, Denial-of-service attacks, and custom malware. At the same time, the Dark Web community has formed its own justice system leveraging the layer of anonymity that exists between underground community users and the cybercrime ecosystem. Existing studies predominantly focus on the major drug market operating on the Dark Web, firearm sales, sexual exploitation, and money laundering. To address the gaps in the current research as well as the relative nascency of an underground justice system to monitor hacking services on the Dark Web, this study attempts to broadly capture the dynamic nature of hacking services, which requires continuous research to identify new trends and develop effective responses. The study aims to examine the characteristics and the operations of the hacking service market and the underground justice system on the Dark Web via an in-depth examination of Dark Web forums with a crime script analysis vis-à-vis thematic analysis. The study defines the crime script as that which includes pretrial, mid-trial, finalization, and exit stages. This research sheds light on Dark Web justice courts’ procedures and the courts’ implications for shaping the future of the Dark Web.
以暗网正义之名:黑客服务和地下司法系统的犯罪脚本分析
暗网是兜售非法商品和服务的关键场所,从被盗财产、毒品到非法活动。Tor网络使用量的同时增加和加密货币的发展导致了主要黑市网站的创建。暗网上最受欢迎的非法服务之一是黑客攻击,包括网站/社交媒体账户黑客攻击、拒绝服务攻击和自定义恶意软件。与此同时,暗网社区利用地下社区用户和网络犯罪生态系统之间的匿名层,形成了自己的司法系统。现有的研究主要集中在暗网上的主要毒品市场、枪支销售、性剥削和洗钱。为了弥补当前研究中的空白,以及地下司法系统在监控暗网黑客服务方面的相对不足,本研究试图广泛捕捉黑客服务的动态性质,这需要持续的研究来确定新的趋势并制定有效的应对措施。该研究旨在通过对暗网论坛的深入研究,结合犯罪脚本分析和主题分析,研究暗网上黑客服务市场和地下司法系统的特征和运作。该研究将犯罪脚本定义为包括审前、中期审判、最终确定和退出阶段。这项研究揭示了暗网司法法院的程序以及法院对塑造暗网未来的影响。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice presents single-themed special issues that focus on a critical issue in contemporary criminal justice in order to provide a cogent, thorough, and timely exploration of the topic. Subjects include such concerns as organized crime, community policings, gangs, white-collar crime, and excessive police force.
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