To prove their point, a team of young hackers demonstrated on Sunday how text messages sent through a Chinese free texting app can be decrypted. They said foreign governments could also be using this method to access data for surveillance or spying.
The demonstration was carried out at The Hackers Conference in New Delhi on Sunday.
Kishlay Bharadwaj, a freelance security analyst and organising member of the conference reportedly said, “The public sector doesn't hire freshers. There is also a misplaced idea that all hackers are criminals. They are just people who are technically sound. There is a 16-year-old hacker who is being paid Rs 4 crore per annum by a leading search engine. The Indian government should understand how important cyber security is.” He also added that social networking sites, search engines and software companies pay hackers around Rs 1 lakh per month.
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