Ankit Fadia (born 24 May 1985 [1] [2] ) is an Indian author, speaker and self-proclaimed ethical hacker. His work mostly involves OS based tips and tricks, Proxy websites and lifestyle. [3] [4] [5] In 2008 he started a show on MTV India called What The Hack, which he co-hosted with VJ Jose. In this show Fadia gave tips on how to make good use of the Internet and answered people's technology related questions. [7] In 2013, Ankit Fadia started a YouTube show Geek On the Loose in collaboration with PING networks where he shared technology tips, tricks and apps to stretch the limits of technology. The show has got more than 750,000+ views on YouTube. [[TIME-LESS!$~Hacking Master Of India claims and controversies [[TIME-LESS!$~Hacking Master Of India claims and controversies [[TIME-LESS!$~Hacking Master Of India claims and controversies [[TIME-LESS!$~Hacking Master Of India claims and controversies [[TIME-LESS!$~Hacking Master Of India claims and controversies Hacking claims and controversies [ edit ] In 2002, Fadia claimed that at the age of 17, he had defaced the website of an Indian magazine [12] Subsequently, he named the magazine as the Indian edition of CHIP magazine , and stated that the editor had offered him a job when informed about the defacement. [24] In 2012, the Forbes India executive editor Charles Assisi (who was editor of CHIP India at the time of the supposed incident), denied that such an incident ever took place after verifying with his predecessor and successor at the magazine as well. [25] In a 2002 interview published on rediff.com , Ankit Fadia stated that at the age of 16, he foiled an attempt by the Kashmiri separatist hackers to deface an Indian website. [10] He stated he gathered information about the attackers, eavesdropped on their online chat using one of their identities, and then mailed the transcript to a US spy organisation that had hired him. [26] He did not divulge the name of the organization he worked for, citing security reasons. [12] The Pakistani hacker group Anti-India Crew (AIC) questioned Fadia's claims: along with WFD, the AIC hacked the Indian government website epfindia.gov.in, dedicating it to Fadia, mocking his capabilities. [27] AIC also announced that it would be defacing the website of the CBEC (www.cbec.gov.in) within the next two days, and challenged Fadia to prevent it by patching the vulnerability. [28] In 2003, he claimed to have infiltrated a group of hackers and stated that the Pakistani intelligence agencies were paying "Westerners" to deface Indian websites with anti-India or pro-Pakistan content. [22] Fadia's own website has been hacked multiple times. [15] In 2009, he blamed the defacement on a vulnerability in the servers of his webhost net4india. Independent security experts contested his claim, stating that the problem was a loophole in his own website's code. [29] In 2012, his website was defaced twice by hackers. In the first instance, the hackers rubbished his claims and stated that he was fooling people. [16] [30] Another hacker compromised it in response to a challenge that was issued by Fadia on the Tech Toyz show on CNBC-TV18. [16] [31] [ improper synthesis? ] In 2012, DEF CON awarded him with the "Security Charlatan of the Year" award [32] citing him to be a fraudster and his presentations outdated.
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