TY - GEN
T1 - Crisis and collective problem solving in dark web
T2 - 8th International International Conference on Social Media and Society, #SMSociety 2017
AU - Kwon, Kyounghee
AU - Shakarian, Jana
AU - Hunter Priniski, J.
AU - Sarkar, Soumajyoti
AU - Shakarian, Paulo
N1 - Funding Information:
Some of the authors were supported by AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) grant FA9550-15-1-0159, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Neptune program and the ASU Global Security Initiative (GSI). Paulo Shakarian and Jana Shakarian are supported by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) via the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract number FA8750-16-C-0112. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright annotation thereon. Disclaimer: The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of ODNI, IARPA, AFRL, or the U.S. Government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2017/7/28
Y1 - 2017/7/28
N2 - This paper explores the process of collective crisis problem-solving in the darkweb. We conducted a preliminary study on one of the Tor-based darkweb forums, during the shutdown of two marketplaces. Content analysis suggests that distrust permeated the forum during the marketplace shutdowns. We analyzed the debates concerned with suspicious claims and conspiracies. The results suggest that a black-market crisis potentially offers an opportunity for cyber-intelligence to disrupt the darkweb by engendering internal conflicts. At the same time, the study also shows that darkweb members were adept at reaching collective solutions by sharing new market information, more secure technologies, and alternative routes for economic activities.
AB - This paper explores the process of collective crisis problem-solving in the darkweb. We conducted a preliminary study on one of the Tor-based darkweb forums, during the shutdown of two marketplaces. Content analysis suggests that distrust permeated the forum during the marketplace shutdowns. We analyzed the debates concerned with suspicious claims and conspiracies. The results suggest that a black-market crisis potentially offers an opportunity for cyber-intelligence to disrupt the darkweb by engendering internal conflicts. At the same time, the study also shows that darkweb members were adept at reaching collective solutions by sharing new market information, more secure technologies, and alternative routes for economic activities.
KW - Collective Problem Solving
KW - Crisis Social Interaction
KW - Cybercrime
KW - Darknet
KW - Darkweb
KW - Hidden Organization
KW - Virtual Organization
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U2 - 10.1145/3097286.3097331
DO - 10.1145/3097286.3097331
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85028698536
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - 8th International Conference on Social Media and Society
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 28 July 2017 through 30 July 2017
ER -