Dwarhat (Nainital) resident and B.Com part II student Himanshu Kapdal was adjudged best hacker of the Uttarakhand in first ever championship on ethical hacking held in the State.
The contest was organised by Cyber radix academy for future technology. The centre manager of the institute, Sonam Tariyal said that four participants had advanced into the final round of the five day contest.
She said that Himanshu was handed over prize money of Rs 5000 by the institute. A class IX student of St Joseph's academy here Kartik Kumar was adjusted runners up in the contest.
The founder of academy and cyber security expert Ankur Chandrakant said, "The idea behind this event was to create awareness among youth about the need of cyber security and importance of ethical hacking. Nowadays even naive hackers can cause potential damage to our devices and data with the help of some pre defined codes and scripts which are available online. If there is a proper and adequate knowledge about cyber security than the number of online crimes will surely depreciate."
Certified ethical hacker and one of the judges of the event Abishek Pratap Singh said that the contestants were asked to crack seven levels during the contest. He said that problems like cracking the system pass words and Wifi hacking were given to the students.