However he said that there is a complaint of selling data of railway passengers. The website has lots of sensitive information such as the PAN card numbers of the customers, their safety and security questions and other such personal information.
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However, IRCTC’s Public Relations Officer Sandip Dutta has reportedly told The Indian Express that there was no hacking attempt on the site and that a committee has been formed to investigate the matter.
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website used for online rail bookings is suspected to be hacked by unidentified attackers and user data could be at the risk.
IRCTC witnesses lakhs of transactions every day and if the trove of data is compromised upon, it could give an easy lead to corporations trying to target potential customers and also pave way for multiple crimes including identity theft. He added that the Maharashtra government has been alerted. “So we made a decision to crosscheck”.
Inspector General, Maharashtra Police cyber cell, informed IRCTC about the stolen data from its website.
This is a scary situation, and we will recommend to immediately change passwords of your IRCTC account and in case your email and IRCTC has the same password, then immediately change your email password as well.
Mumbai Police has informed the Cyber Cell Division of Delhi Police, and they are now conducting a detailed inquiry and investigation in this case.
Financials: IRCTC had generated Rs 20,620 crore (~ $3.08 billion) in online ticketing with a profit after tax of Rs 130 crore ($19.5 million) from March 2014- March 2015.
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As a result of the hacking personal data of around one crore customers is feared to have been stolen from the server. “This committe comprises three members of IRCTC and three members of CRIS, that is Centre for Railway Information”.
