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Inside the Business of Cybercrime

Tue, October 23rd, 2018

Washington, DC

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Technology and International Affairs

The Technology and International Affairs Program develops insights to address the governance challenges and large-scale risks of new technologies. Our experts identify actionable best practices and incentives for industry and government leaders on artificial intelligence, cyber threats, cloud security, countering influence operations, reducing the risk of biotechnologies, and ensuring global digital inclusion.

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Cybercrime seems invisible. Attacks arrive out of nowhere, their origins hidden by layers of sophisticated technology. Only the victims are clear. But every crime has its perpetrator—specific individuals or groups sitting somewhere behind keyboards and screens.

In a new book, Industry of Anonymity: Inside the Business of Cybercrime, Jonathan Lusthaus lifts the veil on the world of cybercriminals and the vast international industry they have created. Lusthaus studied the role of mafia and criminal organizations in cybercrime in twenty different countries, interviewing both cybercriminals and the law enforcement officers that pursue them. Lusthaus will be joined by Matthew O'Neill, supervisory special agent in the U.S. Secret Service currently managing the Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC). Carnegie’s Tim Maurer will moderate the discussion.

Jonathan Lusthaus

Jonathan Lusthaus is the director of the Human Cybercriminal Project at the Extra-Legal Governance Institute in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford.

Matthew O'Neill

Matthew O'Neill is a supervisory special agent in the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), where he currently manages the Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC), which supports the Secret Service’s efforts to combat transnational organized criminal groups.

Tim Maurer

Tim Maurer is the co-director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Event Speakers

Tim Maurer
Former Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program
Tim Maurer
Jonathan Lusthaus
Matthew O'Neill

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speakers

Tim Maurer

Former Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program

Dr. Tim Maurer was a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs program.

Jonathan Lusthaus

Matthew O'Neill

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