Cyber-Hacking and Ransomware: Legal Protections and Role of Human and Artificial Intelligence

• In Event: Emerging Issues in Cybercrime

Abstract

This paper discusses how a “networked” world has bred new types of criminality and Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become a tool, target, and a place of criminal activity which threatens individuals and critical infrastructure of society. Individuals and infrastructure - such as electricity, water, healthcare, education, records of institutions and individual financial interactions - rely on computer technology which has become highly vulnerable to cyber-hacking. The rapidly increasing rate of cyber-attacks, cyber-hacking and ransomware are raising concerns about individual’s and institutional preparedness to counter cyber threats. This paper discusses recent incidents of cyber-hacking; anonymous ransomware demands by using deep web, TOR and digital currency; prevailing preventive legal measures; and the necessity of involving human and artificial intelligence to thwart future cyber threats.
Key Words: Dark Web, Digital Currency, Artificial Intelligence, TOR

Authors

• Prit Kaur, Auburn University Montgomery

• Shanta Goswami Varma, Auburn University Montgomery