Popular Indian ticketing platform, RailYatri, is reported to have exposed the private information of over 7 lakh (700,000) users due to an unsecure server. The platform, for those unaware, allows users across India to easily book railway and bus tickets. It has today been reported that RailYatri’s servers suffered a massive data breach (due to inadequate safety protocols) with almost 43GB of data on the exposed server.
If you are a RailYatri user though, we suggest you to reset your password, delete your saved UPI data or credit/ debit cards, and change their PIN codes as well – if possible. The data breach could be consequential for users, who fail to understand that all their private information may be in the hands of a third-party, and they can abuse it to no avail. The company has been unreachable despite several attempts, as per the report.
