Hacking talent for the right purposes

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Seventeen-year-old Aneesh Dogra, loves hacking. And the young whiz kid with a passion for computers never thought that he would ever participate in the first International Hackers’ Conference held at India Habitat Centre recently; let alone be one of its technical speakers.

For many like Aneesh, it was a dream come true when the hackers’ conference gave them a platform to showcase their expertise. The conference was a unique event, where the best minds in the hacking world and leaders in the IT security industry came face to face to address the most topical issues in the IT world.
“Usually hacking is looked down upon because of the crimes related to it but I am happy that for the first time our skills are being recognised and appreciated,” says Aneesh.
Using hacking to help in crime investigations and generating positive ideas in the field of Internet security to help customers, small and large businesses as well as the government was what motivated the four experts in cyber security analysis —Jatin Jain, Mohit Kumar, Prabhjot Singh and Kishlay Bhardwaj — to bring together international hacking experts, cyber security experts, officials from government intelligence agencies, researchers, corporates, industry experts, academicians, and many other geeks under one roof.
“Hackers have amazing abilities and talents that can be channelised in many ways. The Hacker's Conference was an initiative to showcase new security solution ideas,” said Jatin.
Talking about security issues, Dr S.C. Mishra, additional DCP, Delhi Police, said that the police need experts in investigations. “Cases like extortion, murder, attempt to murder, dowry, and fast increasing organised crime need hackers who are experts in investigation. For example, hacking into email accounts is not enough, we need someone who can figure out the geographic address from the computer’s IP address,” said Mishra. He added that credit card and financial crimes are easy to handle but the hacking of information can be tricky. “However, if one commits a crime on the mobile then rest assured we will surely catch the culprit,” Mishra said.
The conference divided in two parts — Internet security and technical security—covered a whole host of topic from mobile security issues to web application security and national security issues emerging from scada hacking.
“We have begun a new chapter in hacking. We hope to continue such sessions to discuss the challenges of cyber safety and give ethnic hacking its due recognition,” added Jatin.