Browsing by Author "Cartwright, Anna"
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An economic analysis of ransomware and its welfare consequences
We present in this work an economic analysis of ransomware, a relatively new form of cyber-enabled extortion. We look at how the illegal gains of the criminals will depend on the strategies they use, examining uniform ... -
Investing in Prevention or Paying for Recovery - Attitudes to Cyber Risk
Cartwright, Edward; Cartwright, Anna; Xue, Lian (Conference)Broadly speaking an individual can invest time and effort to avoid becoming victim to a cyber attack and/or they can invest resource in recovering from any attack. We introduce a new game called the pre-vention and recovery ... -
Ransomware and Reputation
Cartwright, Edward; Cartwright, Anna (Article)Ransomware is a particular form of cyber-attack in which a victim loses access to either his electronic device or files unless he pays a ransom to criminals. A criminal’s ability to make money from ransomware critically ...