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        Document Name: What?s in a Name? Cultural Observations on Nationally Named Hacking Groups

        
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Abstract:	 Culture?s	 role in	 cognition	 has	 long	 been	 established,	

but	 understanding	 national	 culture?s	 role	 in	

cyber	 events	 currently	 remains	 an	 understudied	 research	 area.

Michael	 Minkov observed that	 culture

influences	 thought;	even	when	people think	 they	are	in	control,

cultural	biases	are	actually	controlling	 their	

thoughts.	Cultural	values	endure,	and	because	they	do,	these	cultural	values	leave	artifacts	can	be	revealed	in	

thought	 patterns.	 This	 philosophy serves	 as	 a	 foundation	 for	

further	 work	 in	 progress	 on	 name	 choices	 by	

hackers.	In	 this	 study,	we	examined	 10

years?	worth	of	Zone-H	archives	where	hacker	names	 that	identified	

with	national	identities	were	analysed

using	Hofstede?s	cultural	framework	to	determine	whether	culture	may	

play	a	role	in	hacker	name and name	choices.

The	findings	revealed	cultural	preferences	in	several	of	the	six	

cultural	dimensions. In	addition,	trending	the	results

showed	significant	findings	in	two	cultural	dimensions:	(1)	

masculinity	versus	 femininity and	(2)	uncertainty	avoidance. The results	

suggest	 that assumptions	about	 the	

anonymous	nature	of	the	Internet	influencing	behaviours	may	not	be	universally

applicable, and	that	culture	

should	also	be	considered	when	evaluating	cyber	actor	behaviours.
        

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        Date submitted: 2019-11-22 11:00:52