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Ransomware and Costa Rica’s national emergency: A defense framework and teaching case

Pratim Datta, Thomas Acton

2022Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases15 citationsDOI

Abstract

This teaching case describes the 2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack national emergency—presenting stakeholder perspectives of perpetrator and prey along with a proactive cybersecurity defense framework (IMSBI), crisscrossing cryptocurrency laundering and ethics.

Topics & Concepts

RansomwareCryptocurrencyComputer securityStakeholderCybercrimePolitical scienceBusinessComputer scienceLawMalwareThe InternetWorld Wide WebInformation and Cyber SecurityAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies