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Future Challenges of Cybercrime Volume 5: Proceedings of the Futures Working Group Toby Finnie Tom Petee John Jarvis Editors 1 Acknowledgments The Futures Working Group and the authors that contributed to this volume wish to thank both Police Futurists International and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for supporting the efforts reflected herein. Additionally, the following individuals are recognized for their significant contributions to this volume: FBI Behavioral Science Unit Intern Angela Basso, BSU Visiting Scholar Hayley Daglis Cleary, and other staff of the FBI Training Division who provided significant assistance with the production of this volume including, but not limited to, the editing, organization, and formatting of this volume. Without their generous efforts and sincere commitment to assisting with this project, this work would not have been possible. Suggested Citation: The Future Challenges of Cybercrime: Volume 5 Proceedings of the Futures Working Group. Toby Finnie, Tom Petee, and John Jarvis, editors. Federal Bureau of Investigation: Quantico, Virginia 2010. Initial Release Date: September 22, 2010 Revised: November 4, 2010 Author information: Biographical information pertaining to individual contributors and authors can be found at http://futuresworkinggroup.cos.ucf.edu. The opinions and statements expressed throughout this volume are those of the individual authors and contributors and should not be considered an endorsement or a reflection of the official position of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Society of Police Futures International, or any other institution or organization for any policy, program, or service. 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................2 Word from the Chairman………………………………………………………………………….5 Defining “Cyber-Crime”: Issues in Determining the Nature and Scope of Computer-Related Offenses……………………………………………………………………….6 Thomas A. Petee, Lin Huff-Corzine, Joseph Schafer, Janice Clifford, & Greg Weaver Policing the Digital Environment ..................................................................................................12 Toby M. Finnie Cybercrime in the Year 2025 .........................................................................................................44 Gene Stephens Street Crime in a Cashless Economy .............................................................................................51 Michael Buerger Sociology of the Internet: Effects of Social Technology on Policing ...........................................62 John Jackson, & Bud Levin Insights into the Hacking Underground .........................................................................................65 Michael Bachmann & Jay Corzine Cybervictimization .........................................................................................................................76 Jeri N. Roberts, Tina Jaeckle, & Thomas A Petee, John Jarvis What Role and Responsibility Does the Government Have in Protecting Consumer’s Rights to Privacy/Security on the Internet .................................................................80 Andy Bringuel & Wayne Rich The Not-So-Distant Average School Day......................................................................................84 Mary O’Dea & Wayne Rich College-Level Education for Cyber Security .................................................................................89 Jay Corzine 3 Seniors and Cyber Space ...............................................................................................................92 Wayne Rich Protecting and Strengthening Societies .........................................................................................94 Jeff Frazier Partnering With Others to Address Cybercrime ..........................................................................100 Gerald Konkler The Future of Cybercrime ............................................................................................................107 Earl Moulton 4 A Word from the Chairman growing pace. As the discussions progressed at this conference, it became The Futures Working Group, an clear that many possible futures exist ongoing collaboration between the with regard to this very important area. Society of Police Futurists International This volume is an attempt to reflect some (PFI) and the Federal Bureau of of these deliberations and to articulate Investigation, continues to research and strategies to bring about what futurists assemble numerous bodies of work refer to as “preferred futures.” relating to the future of policing. Many of these can be found at As you read the entries contained www.futuresworkinggroup.cos.ucf.edu. herein, remember the goal of futurists-- The entries in the present volume were to make others think. As such, some initiated at a FWG meeting hosted by entries are quite lengthy exploring the Federal Bureau of Investigation in various details of the complexities of the Fall of 2006. I and the FWG wishes cybercriminal behavior. In contrast, to thank all those at the Training other entries are brief observations that Division of the FBI for their support we believe contribute to the discussion of during this endeavor. policing and cybercrimes. All of these entries serve to introduce new, During this time, a group of police challenging, and at times disconcerting managers and futurists as well as ideas. You may agree with some authors academics and military personnel and disagree with others. You may even gathered to consider the ongoing feel somewhat unnerved by what has challenges of cybercrime. Their goal been written. Often considerations of the was to examine various dimensions in future breed these emotions. As is which the future of our dependence on constantly expressed in FWG volumes, computing and other electronic ultimately, it is our fervent desire to transactions could spell both challenges devise ways to motivate individuals to and opportunities for law enforcement. create their own preferred future…--“for yourself, for your agency, and for the At that time, we knew that computer communities you serve.” crime was not only a timely topic but that it would continue to be an important That goal continues. We hope this issue in policing and public safety for latest volume and the efforts that went the foreseeable future To be sure, much into it are helpful toward that end. has recently been written about this subject; however, little has concerned John P. Jarvis, Ph.D. itself with the future of policing and Senior Scientist cybercrime. Clearly, there is a need for Behavioral Science Unit, FBI Academy law enforcement and public safety Chairman, Futures Working Group officials to continually enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities to keep up with the adversaries that seem to be adopting these technologies at an ever- 5 DEFINING “CYBER-CRIME”: Internet, an offender does not have ISSUES IN DETERMINING THE to come face-to-face with a potential NATURE AND SCOPE OF target, which may make it easier for COMPUTER-RELATED OFFENSES the offender to complete the victimization of the target. Thomas A. Petee, Auburn University But what exactly is ―cyber-crime‖, Jay Corzine, University of Central and is it distinct from other, more Florida traditional forms of crime? To begin Lin Huff-Corzine, University of answering these questions, it would Central Florida be helpful to briefly look at the Janice Clifford, Auburn University components of crime in general. Greg Weaver, Auburn University Traditionally, crime has been defined as an intentional violation of the legal In recent years, there has been code that is punishable by the state. considerable focus within the Central to this definition is the criminal justice system on computer- premise that crime occurs within the related crime. This so-called ―cyber- boundaries of some physical crime‖ has garnered increased reference point, that is, a location attention because computers have that constitutes a specific jurisdiction. become so central to several areas For example, when a conventional of social activity connected to case of fraud occurs, one of the everyday life, including, but not important considerations is where limited to, personal and institutional the actual offense took place so that finances, various record-keeping questions of the appropriate functions, interpersonal jurisdiction for prosecution can be communications, and so on. addressed. Officials need to know Because of its widespread where the victim and offender came accessibility, the advent of the into contact with one another in the Internet has further served to perpetration of the offense so that facilitate predatory personal crimes investigative and prosecutorial and property offenses committed authority can be determined. with a computer. The U.S. Bureau of However, this component is Census reports that in 2000, there confounded when cyber-crime is were 94 million people in the United committed because the location is no States who made use of the Internet longer a static concept. With the (Newburger, 2001). This greatly advent of cyberspace, jurisdiction expands both the potential victim has become much more problematic, and offender pools for both personal transcending local, state, and even and property crimes. Moreover, the national boundaries. One need only nature of this forum has allowed look at the various e-mail scams that some potential offenders to move