Decius wrote:
] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] "In January 2002, I received an
] ] ] e-mail asking me whether I would like to help the US in
] ] ] breaking open a message which was of great importance to
] ] ] national security. I did not believe it was actually from
] ] ] a US agency so I asked them to send me their digital
] ] ] signature. They immediately sent it back," he said.
] ]
] ] Bogus bogus bogus.
]
] I agree. What did he do, check the CIA's official PGP key?
] Sorry. No. They don't have one.

Another error in the article, is that they misspelled his name. It's actually "Ankit Fadia", and I learned that he's been raising the hackles of a lot of other people in the tech community, as you can quickly find by doing a google search of "ankit fadia fbi".

Supposedly he has websites at http://www.ankitfadia.com and http://hackingtruths.box.sk/, but both are currently down, and ankitfadia.com was reportedly hacked earlier this summer (smirk). So much for his security knowledge, eh?

The most recent article I was able to find says that he's about to go to Stanford on a five year scholarship:
 http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/security/0,39001150,39146333,00.htm

Though since this kid evidently lies so easily and blatantly, I have to wonder if this is just more hoax-mongering...

I wish there was a way to put an alert out to the news media: "DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING THIS KID SAYS. JUST BECAUSE HE SAYS IT, DOES NOT MEAN IT'S TRUE". (sigh)

RE: Source of Al Qaeda Steganography Rumor?