] Fadia says there have been unconfirmed reports that
] intelligence agencies had recruited cyber saboteurs from
] the annual DEFCON hackers conference in Las Vegas.
]
] Fadia says he has worked for a non-Indian intelligence
] agency, helping to break algorithms used to encrypt data
] suspected to belong to a terrorist group. The data was
] hidden in an image using steganography and encrypted
] three times using three customised algorithms.

Oh?

] But Fadia does not impress everyone, particularly
] hardcore security and cryptography enthusiasts. Some
] seasoned techies in India dismiss him as just another
] fad.

I'd be very interested to learn what this "non-India intelligence agency" is, since this is the first I've heard of this "data suspected to belong to a terrorist group". Which group? What data? Which agency? Or did this Fadia guy just come up with a line that sounded good on his resume, but without anything to back it up?

Rumors of Steganography from an India Investigator