TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter explores collective information processing among black-hat hackers during their crises events. The chapter presents a preliminary study on one of Tor-based darknet market forums, during the shutdowns of two cryptomarkets. Content and network analysis of forum conversations showed that black-hat users mostly engaged with rational information processing and were adept at reaching collective solutions by sharing security advices, new market information, and alternative routes for economic activities. At the same time, the study also found that anti-social and distrustful interactions were aggravated during the marketplace shutdowns. Communication network analysis showed that not all members were affected by the crisis events, alluding to a fragmented network structure of black-hat markets. The chapter concludes that, while darknet forums may constitute resilient, solution-oriented users, market crises potentially make the community vulnerable by engendering internal distrust.
VL  - 17
SN  - 978-1-78769-666-2, 978-1-78769-665-5/2050-2060
DO  - 10.1108/S2050-206020180000017007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020180000017007
AU  - Kwon K. Hazel
AU  - Shakarian Jana
ED  - Barry Wellman
ED  - Laura Robinson
ED  - Casey Brienza
ED  - Wenhong Chen
ED  - Shelia R. Cotten
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Black-Hat Hackers’ Crisis Information Processing in the Darknet: a Case Study of Cyber Underground Market Shutdowns
T2  - Networks, Hacking, and Media – CITA MS@30: Now and Then and Tomorrow
T3  - Studies in Media and Communications
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 113
EP  - 135
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -