Research on cybercrime and cybersecurity based on the ‘2M+A’ theory

Abstract

Nowadays, cybercrime is becoming more and more frequent, and it is necessary to find a balance between the development of Internet technology and cybercrime. This paper focuses on cybersecurity and cybercrime, and conducts an in-depth study based on the ‘2M+A’ theory. Using panel data on the number of cybercrimes in each country from 2012 to 2021, it adopts the AHP-TOPSIS model, the multiple linear regression model, and the two-way fixed effect model to study the distribution pattern of cybercrime. The results of the paper show that: (1) Countries with perfect legal and organization measures mostly choose to report and prosecute, and the stricter the legal measures and the more advanced the technical measures, the faster the number of cybercrimes decreases. (2) The number of people using the network, the level of economic development, the level of education and other factors are closely related to the number of cybercrimes. This paper analyses the potential factors behind cybercrime and cybersecurity from multiple perspectives by using a variety of models, with a view to providing new theoretical perspectives for optimizing cybersecurity.