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The Red Scare: The Evolution and Impact of Russian Computer Hackers
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Wilmes, Justin Allen
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2006, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - Russian.
Abstract
This thesis includes a discussion of hacker self-image and motives, the public perception of hackers, and the economic impact of Russian hackers. It looks at popular categories of hacker activity in Russia, such as phreaking and worm creation, and how these activities relate to Russian hacker motivations. I will show that the roots of hacking in Russia are tied to the following cultural and historical motivations: intellectual challenge, prestige among the hacker community, a desire for profit, nationalism, disenchantment and underemployment in post-1991 Russia, the Soviet Union’s history of state-sponsored hacking, and a culture of opportunism. Finally, I will analyze specific case studies that illustrate many of these arguments and observations.
Committee
Benjamin Sutcliffe (Advisor)
Pages
75 p.
Keywords
Russia
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Russian hackers
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Russian cybercrime
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hacker
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hacking
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cybercrime
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Wilmes, J. A. (2006).
The Red Scare: The Evolution and Impact of Russian Computer Hackers
[Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146055290
APA Style (7th edition)
Wilmes, Justin.
The Red Scare: The Evolution and Impact of Russian Computer Hackers.
2006. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146055290.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Wilmes, Justin. "The Red Scare: The Evolution and Impact of Russian Computer Hackers." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146055290
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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