India Infoline News Service | Mumbai | May 06, 2016 07:02 IST
Officials suspect that the massive data hacking may have involved personal information of users, including PAN card numbers, Aadhaar card details, email ids and mobile numbers, says the financial newspaper.
The Railway Board has formed a high-level six member committee of experts to look into the alleged hacking of ~10 million IRCTC user accounts, reports a business daily.
Officials suspect that the massive data hacking may have involved personal information of users, including PAN card numbers, Aadhaar card details, email ids and mobile numbers, says the financial newspaper.
“We cannot comment until we have seen the data that has been leaked. We will be able to substantiate any claim of data hack or theft only after we have seen the data and checked whether it belongs to the IRCTC website or some other source,” a senior IRCTC official has been quoted as saying.
A senior official from the Railway Ministry says that the Railway Board is investigating whether the case involves data hacking or an internal leakage.
The case began with the Inspector General (IG) of Maharashtra’s Cyber Cell informing the Chief Commercial Manager (CCM) - Western Railways on Tuesday that large volumes of IRCTC user data may have been compromised, says the daily.
IRCTC has a combined user base of 10 million and more than 500,000 tickets are sold on the e-ticketing portal every day.
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways claimed on Thursday that no sensitive data has been compromised from the e-ticketing system of IRCTC, India’s largest e-commerce portal.