'Ethical hacker Ankit Fadia is a fake'

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www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/ethical-hacker-ankit-fadia-is-a-fake

By Shubhankar Adhikari
NEW DELHI
The Sunday Guardian
February 20, 2012

Soon after Microsoft India's online store was hacked last week, rumours 
swirled in Twitter that ethical hacker Ankit Fadia had been hired as a 
security consultant by the software giant. He denies these rumours, 
calling them baseless.

Fadia feels that the hacking of the Microsoft website allegedly by a 
China-based group is part of trend that is here to stay. "The hacking of 
the Microsoft, CIA and the BSF websites happened within days of each 
other. Such hacking incidents happen all the time. There is no use 
overreacting as the hacking attacks will continue," says Fadia, also a 
bestselling author blamed for extensive plagiarising.

The hacker group, calling itself the Evil Shadow Team, stole from the 
Microsoft website usernames and passwords that it admittedly found 
unencrypted. "No system in the world is secure. If the CIA cannot fully 
protect its website, how can ordinary Indian companies. The firms 
should, however, be more pro-active about their security."

Fadia recently released How to Unblock Everything on the Internet, a 
book that shows how to allow sites restricted at workplaces, colleges or 
countries. "The book has been written for users who are not tech savvy. 
The book is intended to be easily understood and contains screenshots of 
50 techniques for unblocking sites," he explains.

The author of over a dozen books has often been accused of plagiarism 
and making tall claims. A security professional, who uses the handle 
@FakeAnkitFadia on Twitter, told The Sunday Guardian, "The first book 
that Fadia 'wrote' at the age of 14, The Unofficial Guide to Ethical 
Hacking, was a little over 32% plagiarised from other security 
publications and websites."

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