Ankit Fadia (born May 24, 1985) is an Indian writer, speaker, television host, and "ethical hacker" self-proclaimed computer system, whose skills and ethics are debated. His work mostly involves tips and tricks based on OS and Networking, proxy websites and lifestyle.
In 2008 he started a television show on MTV India called " What The Hack ", which he co-hosted with JosÃÆ' Â © Covaco. In this event Fadia provides tips on how to utilize the Internet well and answer questions related to technology. In 2013, Ankit Fadia started the YouTube show Geek On the Loose, in collaboration with the PING network, where he shared tips and tricks related to technology. This show gets over 750,000 views on YouTube.
His claims about his achievements have been debated by others in the security industry, and he is ridiculed with the "Security Charlatan This Year" award at DEF CON 20 in 2012. Attrition.org also reviews the alleged credentials and puts them on their Charlatan Security list, questioning the truth its marketing statement. He has been accused of plagiarism in his work. His claim to hacking achievements has been discarded by many magazines.
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Ankit Fadia grew up in Delhi and studied at Delhi Public School, R K Puram. At age 10, his parents gave him a computer and he said he was getting interested to hack after a year playing video games when he read newspaper articles on the subject. He immediately started a hackingtruths.box.sk website where he wrote a hacking tutorial, which acquired many readers and encouraged him to write books. At the age of 14, his book on ethical hacking made him the youngest author published by Macmillan India. This book received favorable responses in India, made Fadia popular in the country, and turned its hobby into a full-time profession. However, he is also accused of plagiarism.
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Careers
After his first book appeared in the limelight, Fadia became sought after amongst corporate clients in India as well as at a talk conference. He writes more books on computer security, advertising talks at several cross-school seminars and academies in India. In addition, he began providing his own computer security course, including the program "Ankit Fadia Certified Ethit Hacker" in an alliance with Reliance World.
In 2008, the Distance Learning Center IMT Ghaziabad signed an MoU with Fadia to organize its one-year Graduate Diploma in Cyber ​​Security.
In 2009, Fadia stated that she worked in New York as an Internet security expert for "prestigious companies". Fadia also supports the brand of Flying Machine jeans from Arvind Mills.
Fadia was dismissed as a fad by some security and cryptographic fans, linking her success to an illiterate medium. Fadia has rejected critics who question his credibility as an expert, saying "If I am a fake, my growth will stop 10 years ago".
Hacking claims and controversy
In 2002, Fadia claimed that at the age of 17, she had ruined the website of an Indian magazine. Next, she named the magazine as an Indian edition of the CHIP magazine, stating that the editor had offered her a job when she was informed of the vandalism. In 2012, Forbes India executive editor Charles Assisi (who was editor of Indian CHIP at the time of the suspected incident), denied that such an incident ever happened after verifying with his predecessor and his successor in the magazine as well.
In a 2002 interview published on rediff.com, and online Hacking with Mashup (Sourav) from Bongaon, Kolkata, he stated that at the age of 16, he foiled a Kashmiri separatist pirate attempt to damage the Indian website. He claims he collects information about the attackers, eavesdrops on their online conversations using one of their identities, and then sends his transcript to a US spy organization that has hired him. He did not divulge the name of the organization he worked for, for safety reasons. The Pakistan Anti-India Crew (AIC) hacking group questioned Fadia's claim: along with WFD, AIC hacked the Indian government website epfindia.gov.in, dedicated it to Fadia, mocking its ability. The AIC also announced that it would damage the CBEC website (www.cbec.gov.in) within the next two days, and challenged Fadia to prevent it by patching vulnerabilities.
In 2003, he claimed to have infiltrated a group of hackers and stated that Pakistani intelligence agencies paid "Westerners" to damage Indian sites with anti-India or pro-Pakistan content.
Fadia's own website has been hacked several times. In 2009, he blamed the destruction on vulnerabilities on his net4india hosting server. An independent security expert fought his claim, stating that the problem was a gap in his own website's code, The website was hacked by Indian hacker Himanshu Sharma, where he accepted the challenge from Ankit Fadia. In 2012, the website was hacked twice by hackers. In the first example, the hackers denied his claim and claimed he was fooling people. Another hacker compromised it in response to a challenge issued by Fadia at the Toyz Tech event on CNBC-TV18.
In 2012, DEF CON awarded him the "Security of Charlatan of the Year" award which mentions him as an impostor and his presentation is outdated. The attrition.org website calls him a security guard and accuses him of plagiarism in his work
TV and web shows
- MTV What is Hacked
In October 2009, MTV India announced the launch of Fadia's new TV show on MTV titled MTV What the Hack! , where Fadia provides tips on how to make the most of the Internet and answer people's questions. Internet users can email their problems to MTV India and Fadia gives them a solution on the show.
- Open Zipper By Dell
In 2012, Dell India partnered with Ankit Fadia to create a series of close to 50 videos, each 1 minute long to show simple tips and tricks to get the most out of PCs, laptops, phones, tablets, etc. This video is featured on the Dell India Facebook page with an average of one video per week. People also have the opportunity to ask their technical questions to Ankit Fadia about topics like photography, video making, music composing, navigation aids, games, messaging and more.
- Geek On The Loose
In 2013, Ankit Fadia started the YouTube Geek On the Loose event in collaboration with the PING network where he shared tips, tricks, and technology-related apps. This event provides practical shortcuts and quick technology lessons to those who need a little technology and is based on the situation mentioned in his book FAST: 100 Ways To Improve Your Digital Life. This show gets over 750,000 views on YouTube.
Awards and Recognition
- IT Youth Award from Singapore Computer Society (2005)
- Global Ambassador for Maya Safety (National Telecom Awards 2011, Government of India)
- Global Builder, World Economic Forum
- DEF CON 20 This year's Charlatan Security. - Charlatan's security is actually not a tribute but a ridicule done to disprove claims and achievements made by that person.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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