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Alice Hutchings is a Professor of Emergent Harms in the Security Group at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory and a Fellow of King's College. She directs the interdisciplinary Cambridge Cybercrime Centre, merging computer science, criminology, and law to combat cybercrime and online harms. Her research focuses on understanding cybercrime offenders, event dynamics, and prevention strategies using data science and NLP. She has held roles at the Australian Institute of Criminology and contributed to global cybercrime research initiatives.
Research interests include cybercrime offenders' pathways, stolen data markets, and the role of language in deviant online communities. She leads the Interdisciplinary Cybercrime Project (iCrime), funded by the ERC, and has secured grants from EPSRC and ESRC. Current projects include studying modded apps (ModZoo) and the impact of policing strategies on cybercrime.
Publications span cybercrime typologies, hate speech analysis, and cryptocurrency fraud. Notable recent works include 'SoK: Digging into the Digital Underworld of Stolen Data Markets' (IEEE SP 2025) and 'Police Behaving Badly' (IEEE SP 2025). She co-teaches cybersecurity economics courses and chairs major security conferences like WACCO.
Professional service includes roles on the University Research Ethics Committee and editorial boards for IEEE Security & Privacy and the Journal of Cybersecurity. Awards include Fellowship at King’s College. Supervises PhD students in cybercrime, hate speech, and modded app markets.
