Episode

Follow the Honey: Experiments in Cybercriminal Decision-Making

Podcast: Cybercrimeology
Published: Sep 1, 2025
Duration seconds: 1854
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Summary

How do cybercriminals decide which targets to pursue, and how can researchers study these decisions in real time? In this episode, we talk with **Daniëlle Stibbe** a PhD Candidate and researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). Daniëlle shares her journey from psychology to criminology and explains her work using honeypots, leaked credentials, and online experiments to examine offender behaviour. We also discuss the challenges of running experiments in digital environments, and what her work on the impact of large-scale police operations like *Operation Cookie Monster* reveal about risk perception and adaptation in online criminal forums.