The international political economy of the hack
A closer look at markets for cybersecurity software
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12780418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Burkart (0000-0001-5024-6963, corresponding author), Tom Mccourt (Fordham University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-54 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1540-5702 • E-ISSN: 1540-5710 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15405702.2016.1269910 |
| OpenAlex | W2572238635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article examines the development of hacking and cybersecurity software packages as commodities, based on an international political economy of vendors and clients operating in the interstices of international law. Offensive hacking and defensive cybersecurity tools offer new means for surveillance of critics, journalists, and human rights workers, especially in corrupt or authoritarian political systems. The article provides a case study of the Hacking Team, an international “cybersecurity” firm offering spyware and surveillance systems to government security agencies, which was itself hacked and “doxed” in 2015. The leak of documents contributes new knowledge of an international political economy for software products, which exploits the digital rights of targets and which could further undermine general Internet security
Business · Computer security · Cybercrime · Digital economy · Economics · Exploit · Government (linguistics · Hacker · Human rights · Management · Offensive · Political science · Politics · The Internet · Computer Science · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
The political economy of communication
Surveillance Studies
Hacktivism and Cyberwars
Coding Freedom
From Counterculture to Cyberculture
No Place to Hide
Voice, Visibility, and Recognition
The daily you
The strategic importance of information policy for the contemporary neoliberal state
Intellectual property theft and national security
Piracy and Social Change
Surveillance or Security
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |