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Implications and Conclusions

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Data Thieves in Action

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This chapter provides a summary of all findings along with the implications for our understanding of illicit markets operating on- and off-line. The stolen data markets examined here are similar in many respects to the other markets, such as those for stolen goods or drugs. There is one key difference that the nature of market precludes the buyers from inspecting the products and/or punishing sellers for non-working data. The policies to address the stolen data markets include collaboration between various law enforcement entities across jurisdictional lines, improved awareness of identity theft risks, and improvements in the reporting mechanisms for this form of criminality. Finally, there are certain limitations to this study, including that this is a snapshot of a selected number of forums at a given point in time. Future research will need to expand our understanding of how the stolen data markets evolve over time.

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  2. East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

    Olga Smirnova

  3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    Yi-Ting Chua

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Holt, T.J., Smirnova, O., Chua, YT. (2016). Implications and Conclusions. In: Data Thieves in Action. Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58904-0_6

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