Biography of Ankit Fadia
Ankit Fadia is an Indian computer security consultant based in Silicon Valley, USA. He has authored several books on computer security. Fadia is currently pursuing his Bachelors in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University.
Fadia was educated at Delhi Public School. He started a website called “HackingTruths”, which he claims was judged as the “second best hacking site in the world by the FBI”. He claims that when he was 14, he trashed the front page of an Indian magazine’s website. He then sent an e-mail to the editor confessing to the hack, suggesting counter measures. At 15, his book on Ethical Hacking made him the youngest author to be published by Macmillan India. He claims that in 2001, he discovered links between the Chinese government and the China Eagle Union, a cracker group responsible for defacing many U.S. web sites. He stated that the “long-term goal of the Chinese government is actually to take over the internet and control all parts of the internet”. However none of these claims have been proved by substantial evidence so far.
As per his claims, in November 2001, Fadia was consulted by a classified intelligence agency for breaking an encrypted message which was believed to have been sent by one of Osama Bin Laden’s men. No evidence has ever been found to support this claim too. Many publications wrongly reported that Fadia is associated with FBI or CIA, however, he himself denied this.
In April 2002, Rediff.com published an interview with Ankit Fadia. Anti-India Crew (AIC), a Pakistani hacker group noted for defacing Indian Government websites, rubbished the claims that Fadia had made in the interview. Fadia had claimed that his alert to a U.S. spy agency had prevented an attack by Pakistani hackers. However, he never divulged the name of the agency, citing security reasons. AIC and another Pakistani hacker group WFD defaced an Indian Government site, epfindia.gov.in, and “dedicated” it to Fadia in mock deference to his capabilities to hack or prevent hacking. AIC also said that it would be defacing the website of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), www.cbec.gov.in, within two days and challenged Fadia to prevent the attack by patching the vulnerable website. AIC maintained that Fadia should stop calling himself a hacker, if it succeeded in hacking the CBEC website. AIC kept its promise and defaced the CBEC website after two days. At another defaced website (bhelhyd.co.in), AIC termed the claims of Indian media about Ankit Fadia as “Bullshit”.
Fadia’s earlier site, Ankitfadia.com, was attacked in 2003, by a cracker who self-identified as SkriptKiddie. Fadia explained that he was using a private web server for hosting his website and they were responsible for the lack of security.
Fadia has also claimed that he works closely with the Government of Singapore. He has also conducted many lectures and workshops for companies, college students and several law enforcement agencies.
Future plans
In 2005, Fadia said that he is going to write a thriller on the lines of Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress, which he hopes to make into a movie. He claimed that a production company has approached him with a blanket offer. He said that he was also planning a restaurant in Pune or Ahmedabad.
Recognition
Ankit Fadia has been honored with numerous awards, including the IT Leader Award 2005 and the Indo-American Society Young Achiever Award 2005. In 2002, the Limca Book of Records declared him among the “People of The Year”. Ankit Fadia has also sponsored the “Ankit Fadia Information Security Award”, which is given annually by The Singapore Management University, to an outstanding student in the Information Security and Trust Course under the Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) degree programme.
Criticism
In 2006, questions were raised about authenticity of Fadia’s various claims at many discussion groups, forums, and mailing lists. This was triggered by a post titled “Ankit Fadia : The real picture”. His critics claim that he is overhyped and point out that he is that he has never developed any hacking technique, tool, or algorithm, and none of his tutorials or books had original content.
Many experts in India have dismissed him as just another fad. Many reviewers at Amazon.com said that he had copied outdated hacking tutorials from the Internet and compiled them into a book.
Ankit Fadia is listed on attrition.org’s Security Scene Errata: Charlatans webpage alongside individuals such as Steve Gibson and Carolyn Meinel. This page seeks to “point out a few cases of fakes walking among us”. Elsewhere on the Errata section of the attrition site, Fadia’s claims in interview are treated with extreme skepticism and subjected to criticism.
Ankit Sir u r a very great personality.I'ld like to work with u.
he is simply a man who practised a lot to become somehow famus
mayur-i can challenge u but i will not
sir u r really great person……
YOUR A MAN OF PART ON THIS COMPUTER WORLD
u r such a real genious & an indian icon.
i saw only one time in my college you seems to be a great personality sir tussi great ho
i m also hacker ankit
everything comes with dedication and hard work that's what u have done……………that's why u r famous in ur field. I also want to be master in my field so that people can comment on me as i hv done………………………
i m a gr8 fan of u mr. fadia..
sir in a very small age u did a BOOM .
Thank u very much for writing books that explains the topic in easy related to computer security..
Ankit sir, you r a great security expert….actually my aim is i want a become a security expert…….just like You …….
Ankit, u r a real diamond of india, and i don't miss out your show on mtv '''What the hack"
Keep going.
sir i dont have any knowlege about hackin i am computer student but till i dont know much about hcking
sill you teach me hacking
Hello ankit bhai………….dis World yet to know abt the another Security consulltant……………………….keep on………….
i vl b der……………………
Guys. Don't get cheated by him. He is a complete fraud and fooling ppl like you.
nothing special in books…….indian media hyped everything……………….he just claims everything….no proof nothing……………How can guy deface website at 14.To deface a website geniunly u must be master of web techniqes and languages and also cryptography…..no body can aciheve it india in 14 yrs age………….He is just a script kiddy who knows how to become famous…..He dont even know a programming language.
jahanpana tussi great ho
tohfa kabul karo
Sir Ur Really GREAT……..
I Always Wanted To Have A Reply From U…….
Hope This Time My Wish Will Come True……….
Plzzzzzzz Reply SIR
Only 1 Timeeeeeee……………
Plz………………………………………………
sir ,u r great and i m also great fan of u
u r the person who can be idol of ny1…………
he men ur awesome…….u r my icon…..dude….
its really great that you have done a lot in IT world. sir i would like to work with in world of hacking
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see ur mail
sir m new n want to do something extraordinary.. m pursuing 2nd year btech in computer engg. plzzzz answer..
field of IT is nothing without you.
hey this is the pride of our nation.
hearty salute to you from all indian.
best of luck for future, keep it up!
sir i m really interested in ethical hacking
i want to meet you some day in my life
pls
send me some advice how to get into ethical hacking
i m a beginner…pursuing my b.tech in cse
sir plz add me as friend i am really greatfull owner really u r so smart hacker so plz brother add me as friend and teach me how to hack the computers thanks
hi neha …………………..
can i help u………………………
plz log in http://www.ankitfadia.in
hiii
u r great man ..
how did u do this thing in such a small age …….
i m n engg student n i m 2 interested in this field …….
will u plz help me 2 how 2 get all this knowledge ……..
a best carrier path for me ……
sir, u r really great,tallented,guy.. I'ld like to work with u…………………….and mostly u have a grest personality
i listen about u r self sir.u r verry great person sir surly i will attend ur demo on september 16th
i 2 wanna be a great hacker. sorry but more famous even u. im just in 12th class but im so crazy in hackinggg…… im going 2 be a great hacker. ankit fadia is my ideal person
hi ankit sir
today your demonistration is excellent sir
i am great fan of you and i am interesting in hacking can you tell me some guide lines for me sir
He is a pure joke Want to now his reality go here http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/ankit_fadia…
HA Ha Ha, After reading this awesome article people are still asking him for teaching them. That's just plain stupid.
There is limit to wisdom but not to stupidity, He is just a self proclaimed hacker, He can't even hack a old pc.
Pakistani groups have insulted India all because of his false claims.
I am your fan Mr. Ankit Fadia. You are really a Hacking guru. I will see you Soon.
Ankit, the persons who says something wrong about you don't know the meaning of 'Hacking' and have not any knowledge about Hacking.
sir kya aapki jo books hai vo online padne k liye kyo nahi hai please rply…………..
hello your the real diamond of india sir
hello sir u r awesome how u become expert in hacking at the age of 14?? ,how its possible sir??coz its impossible at this 14 age ,is it your god gifted talent or anything else??tell me sir ,i am very curious for looking my answer.
u r my idol,really
DEAR FRIENDS, AS PER HACKER'S GROUP:-ANKIT FADIYA is not a HACKER he is just a good businessman who knows
how to make fool of the peoples.PLS note in this artical that every where a word used about him
that "WHICH HE CLAIMS".mean no proof.
LET'S SEE Mr.DEEPAK ARTICAL IN HACKER GROUP
As per Mr deepak from Hacker's group "At the age of 14 Ankit Fadia started a website called “HackingTruths”,
which he claims was judged as the “second best hacking site in the world by the FBI”. I don’t know when
did FBI started rating hacking sites? it is because nothing such like this happened. It a world know
truth FBI never ranks any website" (CONTI…………..)
Fadia also claims that when he was 14, he trashed the front page of an Indian magazine's website.
He then sent an e-mail to the editor confessing to the hack, suggesting counter measures.
let me ask a question has he ever submitted any exploit? did he ever created tools for hacking ?
the answer is N0, a big NO (CONTI………….)
He is also claims to be involved in decrypting a message from an Al Qaeda operative.
But when there is not a single published work of Ankit Fadia involvement about cryptography or
cryptanalysis then how the how he can decrypt any message and that too from AL QAEDA and Most
intelligence agencies like NSA have expert cryptanalyst with PhD’s and super fast clusters to get
their job done. They wont require a 16 year old.
(CONTI……..)
In December 2009 Fadia’s business site, hackingmobilephones.com was hacked by a spammer promoting
pharmaceutical products for erectile dysfunction. Fadia again "claimed it had happened because of
a fault in the server that hosts his site. "The problem lies in the server and all the sites hosted
by it have been infected." However all web servers give their customers an option to build their
own security installing their own (customer’s) software and patches when they opt for private servers.
Might be MR FADIA Did not have any excuse better then this one . (conti…………..)
Recently in his commercial seminar he called Indian hacking groups as Indian cyber criminals.
the angry hackers crew hacked and defaced his site. So now the question is the
so called “INDIA’S BEST HACKER” cant he secure his site from other hackers
I M THANKFULLY TO Mr.DEEPAK DHI**** (FORM W.O.H. HACKKER GROUP) AND OUR W.O.H. TEAM FOR THIS ARTICAL.
HELLO MR.ANKIT FADIA !! I WANNA MEET U PERSONALLY AS I HAV LOTS OF DOUBTS REGARDING INFORMATION SECURITY( NOT D COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS)BUT QUESTIONS EVEN U HAV EVER HEARD ???
kash me apke…jaise ban pata….but i dont hav…resources,,,,,,,,,,,,wtf?…….god playz…games/…
sir u r really did a wonderful job. i am great fan of u. hats off u sir.
ankit kabadia dont make foolof ppl
u r grt duffer……………….
ankit i m lect of computer dept.in nagpur when i read ur article and blog in paper or internet .i m so proud to be indian…….jai ho….
becoz of d people like u……….india is still secured………………..
great work sir.
dis iz wat an indian iz all about………. jai hind
Ankit sir…..i am a great fan of u………..I want to be a hacker …….and i am following u…….
sir your are great hacker and i want to become hacker as you sir please help me
sir please reply
Ankit sir, you r a great security expert….i want a become great security expert sir plz help me
hi sir mai apsai bhi bara hacker ban na chata hu kya sir ap kuch acha trick de saktai hai mai sikna chahata hu
sachin kumar .dhanbad
One Mind….& One Person….Win The World……!!!
sir….
i also want to go in computer secutity,i am purusing mca ..,pls hepl me…
sir am a big fan of urs…….. am very interested to learn ethical hacking……… please send me your instucyions to my mail id [email protected]………………………………..
hello sir,,,,,
well m speechless.. i dont kno wt to say…
great job buddy…!!!
I want be Hacker now what i've do mr.Sir
u are a great person……..sir
hello ankit sir am very passionate to follow u…… hope to see u one day…….
Sir i want to be like you so what type of degrees you have………!!
u r great man
sillt ppl follow him n intelligents 1 come vid me
U r my star sir
if you think that ankit fadia is a great hacker,i don't believe this.for e.g. the claims made by him all are false and none of them are proved that they are true.
The greatest hacker i've ever see is srikanth,meet him on his site http://www.gohacking.com
Thank u for all ur comments.
ankit sir,i want to become like u….
i am a great fan of urs…
wow,mind blowing indian.
i salute this genius man.
i agree
hiiiiiiii fadia u r really a youth icon for computers lover
sir i m your fan
sir aap great ho .mai bhi aap ki tarah security eng. hona chahta hu .please guide me .i am also doing BCA & CEH from EC-COUNCIL.
please
send me a phishing script for gmail & ymail or yahoo.in
my email id is "[email protected]"
a very special person in INDIA who seems us proud to be an INDIAN
aap india ke ho ye jankar bahut khush hua par tum 1 times gujarat ki visit jarur lena plz………………………………………………………..
U r really great…i want to keep in touch with you….
sir y don't you launch software that can attack a trozon
sir plzz tell me name of that site which we could find codes of any lanuage
ankit you are very good i wish i could also be smarter like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SIR,
i am always attend ur program "what the hack" on "MTV",
know i am also great fan of u
i want to meet u in a future
ankit fadia is the greatest person in the field of IT., because he has got many achivements,, a lernt to get success from him,,
that's why he is very thankful for me.,,and also i am pursuing IT cources,, so that i can do also like him.
regads
sujeet kumar (8750224489) [email protected]
r u der???????