Ankit Fadia

Ankit Fadia is the author of several books on computer security, the youngest author in the history of publisher Macmillan India

Controversy

Authenticity of claims

According to Wendy McAuliffe at ZDNet UK, Fadia's "Hacking Truths" website was judged "second best hacking site" by the FBI, though no ranked list of "hacking sites" has been published by the FBI.cite web
date = 2001-08-07
url = http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2092686,00.htm
title = Schoolboy's book on ethical hacking an online hit
author = Wendy McAuliffe
publisher = ZDNet, UK
accessdate = 2006-07-12]

In 2006, Chennai Online reported that Fadia's consulting clients included several of the largest technology and financial services companies in the world. No other source corroborates that report; were it true, Fadia's client list would exceed that of many of the largest independent security consultancies. The same article reported Fadia's involvement in decrypting a message from an Al Qaeda operative; no other source corroborates that claim, nor does any of Fadia'spublished work involve cryptography or cryptanalysis. [ cite news
url = http://www.chennaionline.com/education/Books/2006/01ankit.asp
date = 2006-01-27
title = Ankit Fadia's new books
publisher = Chennai Online
accessdate = 2006-08-19] [cite news
url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/04/1059849331034.html
author=Suelette Dreyfus
title=Hacktivism through the eyes of an infiltrator
date = 2003-08-05
accessdate = 2006-07-11] [cite news
url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003012800360200.htm&date=2003/01/28/&prd=mp&
date = 2003-01-28
title = Cracking hacking
publisher = The Hindu
accessdate = 2006-08-19]

Ethics

In December 2007, Indian Paper Mail Today accused Fadia of irresponsible conduct and counterfeiting at a security seminar for youths in New Delhi. The article alleged that Fadia taught youngsters how to print American currency with off-set lithographic equipment and use easily downloadable tools to disrupt computers and forge e-mail, without providing enough ethical context or warnings about the consequences of using those tools. cite news
url = http://mailtoday.in/showstory.aspx?queryed=9&querypage=18&boxid=276923064&parentid=590&eddate=Dec%20%205%202007%2012:00AM
date = 2007-12-05
title = Ethical Hacker turn dangerously unethical at seminar
publisher = Mail Today
accessdate = 2007-12-05]

Recognition

According to Indian newspaper Central Chronicle, Fadia earned the "IT Leader Award" and the "Indo-American Society Young Achiever Award" in 2005. In 2002, the Limca Book of Records declared him among the "People of The Year". cite web
url=http://www.centralchronicle.com/20060121/2101029.htm
title=Workshop on Hacking at MANIT
publisher=Central Chronicle
date=2006-01-21
accessdate=2006-12-19] [ cite news
url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/04/19/stories/2003041901390700.htm
date = 2003-04-19
title = E2 labs to combat cyber crime in Hyderabad
publisher = The Hindu Business Line
accessdate = 2006-12-19]

Publications

* Fadia, Ankit. "Network Security: A Hacker's Perspective", Course Technology PTR, 2006. ISBN 1598631632.
* Fadia, Ankit. "The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking", Course Technology PTR, 2002. ISBN 1931841721.
* Fadia, Ankit. "Hacking Mobile Phones", Course Technology PTR, 2005. ISBN 1598631063.
* Zacharia, Manu; Fadia, Ankit. "Intrusion Alert: An Ethical Hacking Guide to Intrusion Detection", Course Technology PTR, 2007. ISBN 1598634143.
* Diwakar, Goel; Ankit, Fadia. "Google Hacking - An Ethical Guide", Vikas Publications, 2007. ISBN 8125922490.
* Nishant, Das Patnaik; Ankit, Fadia. "Software Hacking", Vikas Publications, 2008. ISBN 9788125928676.

References

External links

* [http://www.hackingmobilephones.com/ Official website]