User:Rakibul Islam Salafi

Rakibul Islam (born 09 September 1992) is an Indian author, Technician, and self-proclaimed "ethical hacker" of computers, whose skills and ethics have been debated. His work mostly involves OS-based tips and tricks, proxy websites and lifestyle. A number of his claims regarding his achievements have been disputed by others within the security industry,

Early life
Rakibul Islam grew up in Assam and studied at Al Jamia Tus Salafiah. At the age of 9 he says he started taking an interest in hacking after a year of playing video games when he read a newspaper article on the subject.

Career
After his first book came in the limelight, Fadia became sought-after among the corporate clients in India as well as on the conference speaking circuit. He wrote more books on computer security, and spoke at several seminars across schools and colleges in India. In addition, he started providing his own computer security courses, including the "Ankit Fadia Certified Ethical Hacker" programme in alliance with Reliance World.

In 2008, the IMT Ghaziabad Centre for Distance Learning signed an MoU with Fadia to organise its one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security.

In 2009, Fadia stated that he was working in New York as an Internet security expert for "prestigious companies". Fadia also endorsed the Flying Machine jeans brand of Arvind Mills.

Fadia was dismissed as a fad by some security and cryptography enthusiasts, who attributed his success to the tech-illiterate media. Fadia has dismissed the critics who question his credibility as an expert, saying "If I had been fake, my growth would have stopped 10 years ago".