Meet the Cybercriminals - Victoria Baines

Portrayals of hackers in the movies lead us to believe that cybercriminals are young white males who wear hoodies. The cybercriminal population is actually much more diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity and other aspects. Motivations range from the ideological, to profit, to mischief and back again.
We will meet the cybercriminals in all their variety and discover how a better understanding of their demographics and drivers can help citizens, businesses and governments protect themselves.
This lecture was recorded by Professor Victoria Baines on 19 September 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.
Victoria is IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology.
She is a leading authority in the field of online trust, safety and cybersecurity. She frequently contributes to major broadcast media outlets on digital ethics, cybercrime and the misuse of emerging technologies, including Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Her areas of research include electronic surveillance, cybercrime futures, and the politics of security.
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[@petersq5532]

there are companies at the philippines recruiting common people like call agent and operate scam and lure calls. work is scarce at the philippines and they offer attractive salaries. so he one who first contact you just a poor fellow working for his/her paycheck. (my friend worked a company like that for 2 month)

[@badluckblues]

We’ve never arrested a dog for cyber crime. Maybe dogs are just the best at getting away with it.

[@peter_smyth]

Quick Rufus, they're on to us!

[@lorekallyre7205]

are the further questions here to be on further questions spotify talk ahow?

[@GreshamCollege]

Hi there. The Any Further Questions? podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. open.spotify.com/show/2RRBnUHTorztx35OjbsJbi?si=610864f74b164d3e

[@nHans]

I'm sorry I have to keep calling you out for this. The ACM specifically recommends _against_ using racially charged terms like "blackhat / whitehat." Instead, they recommend - in their own words - _"adopting terms that explicitly define the agent's role, such as ethical attacker/unethical attacker, hostile force/friendly force, etc."_

[@MorganCarpenter-ef5gx]

The ACM? Thankfully Gresham College isn't in America so common words like abort, sanity, dark , can be used in the knowledge that their meaning is contextual.

[@nHans]

​@@MorganCarpenter-ef5gx The common words you mentioned are _not_ the words being called out for being racially charged. 🤣 I mentioned ACM's stance because it's one of the largest societies in the world for computer professionals; it's international in scope; and has chapters in every country, including the UK. However, it's not the only organization that finds terms like _blackhat_ and _whitehat_ troublesome. In particular, since you're acting jingoistically, let me quote from an online ZDNET article published on 2020-07-04: _In May 2020, even the UK government's cyber-security agency, the NCSC, announced it would stop using "whitelist" and "blacklist" due to stigma and racial stereotyping surrounding the two terms._ Note that Prof. Baines used plenty of resources from the NCSC in this lecture.

[@MyYouTube-xs4tu]

Snowflakes 😂

[@petersq5532]

keep America for the american. the rest of the world (except China) still has a sanity in human human interaction.

[@petersq5532]

besides, I have no idea what racial overhearing is in blackhat/whitehat. the american stereotypes and prejudice doesnt apply to the world no matter how much they try to enforce their idiotic view of sensitivity.

[@manatee2500]

What a nonsense it is to weave in identity politics into such a lecture. Boring and off putting.