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Ankit Fadia’s Website Suspended After Being Defaced by Ganster


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:08:51 -0500 (CDT)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ankit-Fadia-s-Website-Suspended-After-Being-Defaced-by-Ganster-291673.shtml

[For those you keeping tally at home, this is the fourth time Ankit Fadia has been hacked this year, (often by erectile dysfunction spammers) and eight times total, I have to wonder who he's planning on blaming this time for this most recent breach of security. -- http://securityerrata.org/errata/charlatan/ankit_fadia/ - WK]


By Eduard Kovacs
Softpedia
September 12th, 2012

A hacker that goes by the name of Ganster has defaced the website of Ankit Fadia (ankitfadia.in). After noticing the hack, the hosting company decided to suspend the site.

The hacker doesn’t reveal much about himself on his Facebook page, except for the fact that he’s a 17-year-old who loves to hack.

The fame of the self-proclaimed ethical hacker made him the target of such attacks in the past. Back in January, the members of Teamgreyhat breached his website, claiming to obtain the details of the users who signed up for his courses.

“In short this kiddy has not only foolished innocent people also media and many big authorities. This Lamar is running a security training called AFCEH. Ankit Faida certified....my question is when and from where you get your certificate??? (sic)” the hackers said at the time.

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