Hacker Economy: A Global Underground Business

Abstract

With the development of the Internet, a global murky undergroundbusiness, which is called the hacker economy industry, is graduallyformed. Numerous individuals and companies have become victims of theindustry. The leakage of user information which facilitates theoperation of the industry is the chief culprit. In this paper, weillustrate the operations and the hierarchy of the hacker economyindustry through the analysis of websites, malware, hackers, and users.