CERIAS Weekly Security Seminar – Purdue University
This presentation is a detailed case study of the Authur Pendragon cyberthreat that occurred at The University of Alabama on September 21, 2014.The Authur Pendragon threat instigated mass fear, social mediahyperactivity, and rumor mongering, all of which reached beyond TheUniversity of Alabama campus. A timeline of the event, which includessocial media posts, official University responses, and mass mediacoverage, are presented followed by an analysis of the case from asocio-psychological and communications perspective using Social AttachmentModel and Theory of Proximity. Recommendations for managing Universitycyber threats and rumor mongering are discussed. About the speaker: Dr. Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar is an Assistant Professor in the Departmentof Computer and Information Technology (CIT) at Purdue University. Dr.Seigfried-Spellar has multiple publications, book chapters, and conferencepaper presentations, including international presentations in India,Ireland, Russia, and South Korea on the who and why of cybercrime.Specifically, Dr. Seigfried-Spellar studies the personalitycharacteristics and socio-legal factors associated with cyberdeviance,such as Internet child pornography use, hacking, cyberbullying, trolling,and cyber threats via social media. Dr. Seigfried-Spellar is a member ofthe Digital and Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy ofForensic Sciences (AAFS), the IEEE Computer Society, InternationalAssociation of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA), and theAmerican Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Seigfried-Spellar alsoserves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Digital Forensics,Security, and Law as well as the International Journal of Psychology andCyber Crime.
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