We’re pleased to announce keynote speaker Professor Rutger Leukfeldt will be presenting at the AIC 2025 Conference , which will take place in Canberra on 11-12 March 2025.
Professor Leukfeldt will be speaking on Examining the pathways into cybercrime and online interventions.
Abstract
What are pathways into cybercrime and how does someone become involved in a cybercriminal network? The first part of this presentation will be based on interviews with 25 criminal hackers about their online and offline pathways into cybercrime, co-offending and desistence. Preliminary results show that the first (baby) steps in pathways into cybercrime include gaming, Google and YouTube. In the second part of this presentation, two online interventions will be discussed. The first intervention uses Google to deter persons looking for cybercriminal tools to carry out DDoS-attacks and the second one uses Instagram to inform potential money mules.
