IRCTC Website Hacked!! Data Of More Then One Million Customers On Risk!!

The biggest online ticket booking portal of indian railway has been hacked and around more then one million customer personal details including debit/credit card details are on risk.

IRCTC is India’s largest e-commerce website, lakhs of transactions are conducted every day. Customers provide details like Pan Card numbers and address while filling up online reservation forms which could be stolen by the hackers.

IRCTC officials believe that the hackers are selling the dataset containing details Indian Railways passengers including phone numbers, date of birth and other such information packaged in a CD for $225 a piece.  “The data is a valuable asset and can be sold to corporations who may use it for targeting potential consumers.

The Maharashtra Police has informed the Indian Railways about the suspected hacking and theft of data from the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website.

IG Maharashtra police cyber cell has informed IRCTC about Data theft from its website but the details of the said data are still to be shared with IRCTC.