Techno Blender
Digitally Yours.

Indian Railways data hacked, being sold on dark web

0 56


Image Source : INDIAN RAILWAYS Indian Railways

Data of around three crore travellers registered with the Indian Railways has been hacked and reportedly put on sale on the Dark Web, as per reports. It has been claimed by the hackers that the Indian Railways data is one of the biggest data ever hacked by anyone.

ALSO READ: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Review: Best design to catch every eyes!

Earlier, a China-based hacker had hacked the technical systems of AIIMS, New Delhi. They had, in fact, taken the whole server into their control, but it was later taken back from their possession.

India Tv - Hack

Image Source : PIXABAYHack

ALSO READ: Reliance Jio launches True 5G services in 11 cities, terms it ‘largest multi-state rollout’ so far

The data of Indian Railway put on sale on a forum being run by cyber criminals, has user data, and invoices of the latest month.

ALSO READ: WhatsApp set to bring a new feature to select chats for Desktop beta: All you need to know

“The hacked data has usernames, emails, mobile numbers, gender, full address, and language preferences. The data is of users who book tickets from the Indian Railway portal,” a source said.

The hacker, who uses the pseudonym ‘Shadohacker’, has also claimed that he has data on government persons having government email IDs and their cell phone numbers.

As of now, the Indian Railways has not made any official comment on the matter.

This is the second time when data of Indian Railway ticket buyers have been hacked, after a similar case in 2020. 

Latest Technology News




Indian Railways
Image Source : INDIAN RAILWAYS Indian Railways

Data of around three crore travellers registered with the Indian Railways has been hacked and reportedly put on sale on the Dark Web, as per reports. It has been claimed by the hackers that the Indian Railways data is one of the biggest data ever hacked by anyone.

ALSO READ: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Review: Best design to catch every eyes!

Earlier, a China-based hacker had hacked the technical systems of AIIMS, New Delhi. They had, in fact, taken the whole server into their control, but it was later taken back from their possession.

India Tv - Hack

Image Source : PIXABAYHack

ALSO READ: Reliance Jio launches True 5G services in 11 cities, terms it ‘largest multi-state rollout’ so far

The data of Indian Railway put on sale on a forum being run by cyber criminals, has user data, and invoices of the latest month.

ALSO READ: WhatsApp set to bring a new feature to select chats for Desktop beta: All you need to know

“The hacked data has usernames, emails, mobile numbers, gender, full address, and language preferences. The data is of users who book tickets from the Indian Railway portal,” a source said.

The hacker, who uses the pseudonym ‘Shadohacker’, has also claimed that he has data on government persons having government email IDs and their cell phone numbers.

As of now, the Indian Railways has not made any official comment on the matter.

This is the second time when data of Indian Railway ticket buyers have been hacked, after a similar case in 2020. 

Latest Technology News

FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.

Leave a comment