Nov 8th 2010 - Bangalore COPS The city police check the antecedents of ethical hackers before seeking their service to solve cyber crimes.
The stringent checks are carried out to prevent criminal activities involving ethical hackers, like the one reported recently in Coimbatore. A senior police officer in the city said the force preferred hackers residing in the city. The police request their service whenever a high tech cyber crime is registered. “They have been working with us since the beginning of the cyber crime police station in 2000. They are the most reliable technicians,” deputy superintendent of police (administration) Mari Setty said. “The technicians will have to work at any point of time. Sometimes even at night or midnight we might need their assistance. While hiring, we ensure that the person is a local and accessible. We check their background before hiring them,” he added. The police said they were trained to track cyber crime offenders. “Clearing the data permanently from hard disks needs more technical knowledge. This is why we seek the assistance of ethical hackers,” another police officer said on the condition of anonymity. The term ethical hacker, however, did not go down well with technicians. “Hacking is a wrong word; it’s actually cracking,” said software engineer Santhosh Tuppad. “Like any other knowledge, this too can be misused. But the offenders will face the brunt one day. In cyber crime, it’s difficult to escape.” The Tamil Nadu police was left embarrassed after Joshua Anand Babu of Coimbatore, an ethical hacker they had employed, blackmailed the daughter of a Bangalore-based hotelier. The police sought his service after a man had posted obscene pictures of the girl on her Facebook page. @ DNAINDIA Cheers, Srinivas Naik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
