Stories of the exploits of computer hackers who have broken into supposedly secure government and corporate information systems appear almost daily on the front pages of newspapers and technology websites, yet we know very little about the individuals behind these headlines. Most media accounts and academic studies on hackers suffer from a number of biases […] Lire la suite

Social researchers are facing more and more challenges as criminal networks are expanding in size and moving to the Internet. Many efforts are currently under way to enhance the technical capabilities of researchers working in the field of cybercrimes. Rather than focusing on the technical tools that could enhance research performance, this article focuses on […] Lire la suite

La revue scientifique Global Crime vient d’accepter un article co-signé avec David Décary-Hétu sur la structure des liens sociaux dans l’univers des pirates informatiques. Une version en pré-publication de l’article est disponible sur SSRN. Résumé: Social researchers are facing more and more challenges as criminal networks are expanding in size and moving to the Internet. Many efforts are currently […] Lire la suite