Eric Rutger Leukfeldt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Rutger Leukfeldt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric Rutger |
| FAMILY NAME | Leukfeldt |
| SIGNATURE | LEUKFELDT E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Hague University of Applied Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The psychological correlates of cybercrime offending
This study sought to explore the relationship between low self-control, social learning, and serious forms of cybercrime offending. Using general population survey data from 1240 Dutch young people, we ran a series of binary logistic regression models to estimate the role of various risk variables for engaging in four cyber-dependent crimes: guessing passwords, DoS/DDoS attacks, hacking with technological means, and website defacements. The analy…
Interest in booter services and distributed denial of service attacks
Cybercrime as a service is lowering the barrier to entry for crime. Aspiring criminals can access cybercrime services through the clear web using search engines. One such cybercrime service is booters, web platforms that offer affordable distributed denial of service attacks for hire. Law enforcement agencies have tried to counter this trend by running online ad campaigns on platforms like Google. For these campaigns to effectively divert and det…
The involvement mechanisms of cybercrime
Money muling is an urgent problem among young people. Money mules refer to individuals whose bank account is used to hide and launder the profits of financial-economic cybercrimes. They are key actors in the cybercriminal ecosystem. In order to add to the current body of knowledge and better understand and disrupt pathways into cybercrime, this study explores which individual factors relate to previous exposure to money mule recruiters. Drawing u…
Examining ransomware payment decision-making among small- and medium-sized enterprises
Ransomware is currently one of the most prominent cyberthreats for organizations. Small- and medium-sized enterprises are particularly vulnerable to ransomware victimization and more inclined toward paying the ransom. However, while a few studies have been conducted on victimization of ransomware, little is known about how small- and medium-sized enterprises respond to victimization and what factors contribute to the decision to pay the ransom. T…
Risk Profiles for Cybercrime Victimization
Hacktivism
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
Cybercrime on the menu? Examining cafeteria-style offending among financially motivated cybercriminals
Criminologists have frequently debated whether offenders are specialists, in that they consistently perform either one offense or similar offenses, or versatile by performing any crime based on opportunities and situational provocations. Such foundational research has yet to be developed regarding cybercrimes, or offenses enabled by computer technology and the Internet. This study address this issue using a sample of 37 offender networks. The res…
Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime
The central question of this article is whether routine activity theory (RAT) can be used as an analytical framework to study cybercrimes. Both a theoretical analysis and an analysis of empirical studies have thus far failed to provide a clear answer. The multivariate analysis presented in this article tries to avoid some of the limitations of other RAT-based studies. Based on a large sample (N = 9,161), the effects of value, visibility, accessib…
Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime
The central question of this article is whether routine activity theory (RAT) can be used as an analytical framework to study cybercrimes. Both a theoretical analysis and an analysis of empirical studies have thus far failed to provide a clear answer. The multivariate analysis presented in this article tries to avoid some of the limitations of other RAT-based studies. Based on a large sample (N = 9,161), the effects of value, visibility, accessib…
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
Hacktivism
Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime
The central question of this article is whether routine activity theory (RAT) can be used as an analytical framework to study cybercrimes. Both a theoretical analysis and an analysis of empirical studies have thus far failed to provide a clear answer. The multivariate analysis presented in this article tries to avoid some of the limitations of other RAT-based studies. Based on a large sample (N = 9,161), the effects of value, visibility, accessib…
Cybercrime on the menu? Examining cafeteria-style offending among financially motivated cybercriminals
Criminologists have frequently debated whether offenders are specialists, in that they consistently perform either one offense or similar offenses, or versatile by performing any crime based on opportunities and situational provocations. Such foundational research has yet to be developed regarding cybercrimes, or offenses enabled by computer technology and the Internet. This study address this issue using a sample of 37 offender networks. The res…
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
Interest in booter services and distributed denial of service attacks
Cybercrime as a service is lowering the barrier to entry for crime. Aspiring criminals can access cybercrime services through the clear web using search engines. One such cybercrime service is booters, web platforms that offer affordable distributed denial of service attacks for hire. Law enforcement agencies have tried to counter this trend by running online ad campaigns on platforms like Google. For these campaigns to effectively divert and det…
The involvement mechanisms of cybercrime
Money muling is an urgent problem among young people. Money mules refer to individuals whose bank account is used to hide and launder the profits of financial-economic cybercrimes. They are key actors in the cybercriminal ecosystem. In order to add to the current body of knowledge and better understand and disrupt pathways into cybercrime, this study explores which individual factors relate to previous exposure to money mule recruiters. Drawing u…
Examining ransomware payment decision-making among small- and medium-sized enterprises
Ransomware is currently one of the most prominent cyberthreats for organizations. Small- and medium-sized enterprises are particularly vulnerable to ransomware victimization and more inclined toward paying the ransom. However, while a few studies have been conducted on victimization of ransomware, little is known about how small- and medium-sized enterprises respond to victimization and what factors contribute to the decision to pay the ransom. T…
Risk Profiles for Cybercrime Victimization
Hacktivism
The psychological correlates of cybercrime offending
This study sought to explore the relationship between low self-control, social learning, and serious forms of cybercrime offending. Using general population survey data from 1240 Dutch young people, we ran a series of binary logistic regression models to estimate the role of various risk variables for engaging in four cyber-dependent crimes: guessing passwords, DoS/DDoS attacks, hacking with technological means, and website defacements. The analy…
Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Computer security (6 works) · Cybercrime (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · The Internet (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Internet privacy (5 works) · World Wide Web (5 works)