Dispatch CyberPolice or CyberSoldiers? The Complexities of High and Low Policing in Cyberspace

<p><strong>About our Guest:</strong></p><p>Dr. Chad Whelan</p><p><a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/chad-whelan#">https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/chad-whelan#</a></p><p><strong>Papers mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><p>Dupont, B., & Whelan, C. (2021). Enhancing relationships between criminology and cybersecurity. <i>Journal of criminology</i>, 00048658211003925.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00048658211003925">https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00048658211003925</a></p><p><a href="https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1866/24951/Dupont%20%26%20Whelan%202021%20Enhancing%20relationships.pdf?sequence=1">Manuscript available from the University of Montreal</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Other:</strong></p><p><i>About the Darkside cybercrime group:</i></p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkSide_(hacking_group)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkSide_(hacking_group)</a></p><p><i>About the REvil  cybercrime group:</i></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REvil">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REvil</a></p><p><i>Some technical information:</i></p><p><a href="https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/revil-threat-actors/ ">https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/revil-threat-actors/ </a></p><p><i>A timeline of some interesting developments related to this issue:</i></p><p>2021, May 14. </p><p><i>The moral underground? Ransomware operators retreat after Colonial Pipeline hack</i></p><p><a href="https://intel471.com/blog/darkside-ransomware-shut-down-revil-avaddon-cybercrime">https://intel471.com/blog/darkside-ransomware-shut-down-revil-avaddon-cybercrime</a></p><p>2021, June 7 .</p><p><i>Department of Justice Seizes $2.3 Million in Cryptocurrency Paid to the Ransomware Extortionists Darkside</i></p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-23-million-c