Cops gauge terror suspect Peerbhoy’s hacking skills

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By Sahim Salim
Express India
Mar 05, 2009

New Delhi - Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, the alleged cyber 
specialist of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), is showing the Delhi Police 
his knowledge of hacking.

Peerbhoy, who is in custody of the Special Cell, was reportedly in 
charge of sending out e-mails to media houses minutes before the blasts 
in Delhi and Ahmedabad last year. A city court last Saturday granted the 
Special Cell Peerbhoy’s custody for 10 days.

In the last few days, the police have taken Peerbhoy to various 
institutions, including a prominent academic centre, to gauge how adept 
he is at hacking into Wi-Fi networks. “He is an expert,” a senior 
officer said, “and he showed us how he had repeatedly managed to hack 
into personal Internet domains.”

The Special Cell’s main aim is to evaluate the cyber proficiency of the 
IM, and also to secure the city’s vulnerable networks from being misused 
by militants.

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