10m users’ data reportedly stolen from Indian Railways site and sold for $225

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by Sindy Cator on May 5, 2016 at 11:14 am

Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, hack, India, Indian Railways, IRCTC

The Indian Railways’ online ticketing site has a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to use, but today, it’s sunk to a new low. India Today reports that the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) site was hacked and roughly 10 million users’ details, including phone numbers and dates of birth were stolen. What’s worse is that IRCTC officials said that the data has been sold for a mere Rs. 15,000 ($225). The state government is said to have identified the hackers involved in the incident, but at the time of writing, there were no announcements concerning their arrest.…