As Ankit Fadia, 28, works on his laptop, his fingers furiously tapping away, there is silence in the packed auditorium in central Delhi. His projector throws images of codes and symbols onto a white wall, and then suddenly, the crowd bursts into spontaneous applause. Another website has been successfully hacked and unlocked. But rather than doing something illegal, Mr Fadia, who describes himself as an ethical hacker, says he is trying to protect people and businesses from a rising wave of cyber crime.

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As Ankit Fadia, 28, works on his laptop, his fingers furiously
tapping away, there is silence in the packed auditorium in
central Delhi.
His projector throws images of codes and symbols onto a white
wall, and then suddenly, the crowd bursts into spontaneous
applause.
Another website has been successfully hacked and unlocked.
But rather than doing something illegal, Mr Fadia, who
describes himself as an ethical hacker, says he is trying to
protect people and businesses from a rising wave of cyber
crime.

3. "The difficulty about
tackling cyber crime is that
it's increasing all the time,"
says Mr Fadia.
"If we control one set of
attacks there are hundreds As the number of people coming online in
India rises so could the victims of hackers
more the next minute.
That's why we need our
systems, policing, the
law, prepared for this kind of
cyber onslaught.”

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“Though India has laws aimed at tackling cyber crime, it isn't used
effectively”
--- Ankit Fadia ,Ethical hacker
The BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports on what companies
are doing to protect themselves from cyber attacks

5. According to a recent report by global research and accounting
firm Ernst and Young, data or information theft was the most
committed fraud in India last year.
That data can be anything from personal details, to bank
accounts, to company contacts and secrets.
Ernst and Young warns that it could cost companies as much as
5% of their profits if they are targeted by cyber criminals.
At the same time, there has been an increase in nuisance internet
issues such as spamming, with India recently overtaking the US to
become the top global contributor of junk messages. And while
this jams an inbox and is a headache for the consumer, for the
government there are also more serious issues, such as national
security and trying to avoid a potential cyber attack by a terrorist
group.

6. According to the Minister of State for Communications and
IT, Sachin Pilot, more than 100 Indian government websites were
hacked in the first three months of 2012.
It is no surprise then that the government has been trying to step
up its policing of cyberspace, and is mulling plans to build a
National Cyber Coordination Centre, which will detect malicious
cyber attacks and issue early warning alerts.
The IT industry lobby group Nasscom has also recommended
establishing a cyber command centre which would sit within the
defence forces. They argue the cyber command should be
equipped with defensive and offensive cyber weapons and staff
trained in cyber warfare

7. Cyber crime facts:
• Number of people subjected to cyber crimes globally in 2011 :
431 million
• Number of cyber crime victims in India: 29.9 million
• Cost of cyber fraud globally: up to $388bn a year
• Cost of cyber fraud in India: $7.6bn a year - $4bn worth of direct
losses and an additional $3.6bn in time spent resolving the crime
• Source: Norton Cybercrime Report 2011
Grey men
But for observers such as hacker and author Mr Fadia, India
already has some firepower in place with its Information
Technology Act that was passed in 2000.
The issue, however, is not with the law, rather the
implementation of it.

8. "Though India has laws aimed at tackling cyber crime, it isn't used
effectively," explains Mr Fadia, who has tied up with the national police
academy in Hyderabad and helps train police officers in understanding
cyber crime.
"Even when arrests are made, very few people actually get convicted."
Experts say that even if you go after the criminals it is not always easy
to catch them because they usually operate behind the wall of
anonymity that the internet offers.
According to Arpinder Singh, head of Ernst and Young's Fraud
Investigation and Dispute Services, the company recently tried to
identify the profile of an Indian cyber fraudster.
What they found was that the fraudster had changed significantly.
Now, typically, they are a male middle-management employee in his
30's who is very ambitious and tech savvy. He can work anonymously
from a remote location.
This makes it harder to trace any wrongdoer, a task that will only get
harder as India's internet population grows from its current level of
about 120 million, or about 10% of the current population.
Mr Singh warns that as more people come online the risks to
companies both big and small will increase.

9. Safe practice
One small firm that is already taking defensive measures is UC Infosystems.
In a busy office in wesat Delhi, the company's technicians are breaking
down electronic equipment and consumer gadgets so they can service
their parts.
As well as being full of computers and keyboards, the office is also
brimming with confidential information such as client orders and
addresses, payment methods and other financial data.
In an increasingly competitive business, the founder of the firm wants to
make sure nothing can be lost or stolen.
"Though we are a small business, all our data is online," explains Sanjeev
Sharma.
"My accounts department processes financial data; the service staff can
access client addresses and phone numbers.
"I have to consider the possibility that my competition can steal the data.
That puts not just my business at risk, but all my valuable client data at
risk."