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Call for Papers on: Hacktivists vs. the “patriotic” hackers: Contemporary information- and cyber-warfare in highly contentious political contexts 8th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security ICIW-2013 Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA 25-26 March 2013 http://academic-conferences.org/iciw/iciw2013/iciw13-call-papers.htm#Endicott_Lysenko Track Co-Chairs: Barbara Endicott-Popovsky & Volodymyr Lysenko, Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, University of Washington, Seattle, USA During recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the use of hacking for political cause. From the point of view of the stakeholders involved in highly contentious political conflicts, these activities can be divided into pro-governmental and pro-oppositional categories. Examples of the former category include: the Russian “patriotic” hackers acting against Estonia in 2007, Georgia in 2008, and the Russian opposition movement in 2011/2012; the “Iranian Cyber Army;” and the “Syrian Cyber Army.” These are typical representatives of pro-governmental, secret services-organized and/or backed entities conducting cyberwar against either their compatriot oppositional groups and/or foreign states and organizations which are considered as opposing their countries’ incumbent (non-democratic) regimes. Examples of the latter category include groups in Tunisia (2010/2011), Egypt (2011), Syria (2011/2012) and Russia (2012). In these cases chapters of Anonymous became hacktivist cyberfighters against the incumbent (non-democratic) regimes in these respective countries. Accordingly, this mini-track invites both practitioners and academics to submit works analyzing the objectives, roles, progression, outcomes, and perspectives of activities by hackers and hacktivists involved in modern, highly contentious, political conflicts on both sides. This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics: · Two sides of the same coin: hackers and hacktivists in Anonymous · The cyberarms race: hacktivists vs. non-democratic authorities · Trends in the direction of cyberwars · The challenges that cyber conflicts pose to democracies · Analyses and insights into politically-motivated cyberwars such as the cyberwars during the Arab Spring: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc. and the cyberwars against Estonia, Georgia and other non-Russian states of the former USSR · Analyses and insights into anti-oppositional cyberwars, for example like those in Russia and within other (semi)authoritarian states of the former USSR Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page<http://academic-conferences.org/iciw/iciw2013/iciw13-abstract-submission.htm> Submission details *Abstract details*: All submission types require an abstract in the first instance. The Abstract should be a minimum of 300 and no more than 500 words including keywords to be received by 3 September 2012 Please read the Abstract Guidelines <http://academic-conferences.org/abstract-guidelines.htm>section of the website before submitting. *Submission:* Online via the submission form<http://academic-conferences.org/iciw/iciw2013/iciw13-abstract-submission.htm>. Please ensure that you complete all relevant sections of the form, including the conference track the abstract is intended for, the proposed title for the paper, the full names (first name and surname, not initials) and email addresses of all authors and a postal address and telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author. Please take the time to read the Submission Info<http://academic-conferences.org/iciw/iciw2013/iciw13-submission-guidelines.htm>page for a complete description of submission types and how to submit. *Full paper:* Only required when the abstract has been selected and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Submission date will be no later than 22 October 2012. Authors are advised that this is a *final* date. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to Charlotte Hall <[email protected]?subject=ICIW_2013-Paper_submission>with the paper submission checklist and copyright form<http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/submission_checklist_copyright_form.rtf> .
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