It seems that the Indian Railways has been leaked online Data  There are reports that a hacker has put the data up for sale through the dark web. The news comes days after a data breach at India’s top medical institute All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

So far, the government or the Indian Railways hasn’t disclosed anything about the data breach, so we don’t know if the hacker’s data is correct or not. A report in Times Now claimed that hackers obtained a lot of user data including email, mobile number, address, age and gender.

The hacker has claimed that the group has also leaked travel history and invoices of Indian Railways passengers. The leaked data includes users’ information as well as booking data of people. The forum is reportedly charging $400 for the data and a buyer can only get five copies. According to a report in Indiatimes, those who want access to the data will reportedly have to pay between $1,500 and $2000 for the data.

 

The data leak happened on 27 December. Details about the data leak have been posted on a hacker forum, which is yet to be identified. It was posted by someone named ‘Shadow Hacker’, which is a fictitious name.

The same hacker group is also claiming that they have managed to get hold of official email accounts of many people in government departments. As of now, there is no information on how the hacker group accessed the IRCTC data. The cyber security firms are yet to reveal the authenticity of the latest data breach.

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. In 2019, a similar breach took place and data of around 9 million people was leaked online. Later, the government announced that under the Revised Data Protection Bill, fines of up to Rs 500 crore would be imposed for data breaches. However, that doesn’t seem to have slowed down the rate of data breaches that are occurring.

Users are advised not to share their personal data with any unknown person or account, even if that person is close to you. Hackers have many tricks to steal users’ money and hence people are advised to be careful, especially those doing online transactions.

 

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