Description
Hackers have been identified as primary threats to information systems, perpetrating cyber-attacks that result in organizational security breaches. As hackers exploits proliferate the news and popular press, researchers call for more studies examining their culture, characteristics and behaviors. In responding to the call, the aim of this study is to understand the nature of the hacker through their knowledge sharing behavior. A glimpse of how hackers perpetrate attacks could be obtained through the examination of their knowledge sharing behavior. Using social capital theory and data from 4,242 messages posted by 794 participants in a hacker forum, this study explores how hackers approach knowledge sharing in online networks.
Recommended Citation
Ogbanufe, Obi and Kim, Dan J., "Hackers Delight: Knowledge Sharing Motives" (2017). AMCIS 2017 Proceedings. 16.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2017/InformationSystems/Presentations/16
Hackers Delight: Knowledge Sharing Motives
Hackers have been identified as primary threats to information systems, perpetrating cyber-attacks that result in organizational security breaches. As hackers exploits proliferate the news and popular press, researchers call for more studies examining their culture, characteristics and behaviors. In responding to the call, the aim of this study is to understand the nature of the hacker through their knowledge sharing behavior. A glimpse of how hackers perpetrate attacks could be obtained through the examination of their knowledge sharing behavior. Using social capital theory and data from 4,242 messages posted by 794 participants in a hacker forum, this study explores how hackers approach knowledge sharing in online networks.