RailYatri data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2022 breach of RailYatri. For every breach, see Breaches.
The RailYatri data breach exposed 23,209,732 accounts from railyatri.in in December 2022. The data taken includes purchases, names, email addresses, phone numbers and genders.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 5 Dec 2023, 11 months later. It is the 79th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
RailYatri’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Purchases | Shows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
| Genders | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, RailYatri among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention RailYatri.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 11 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- PayHere, March 2022, 1.6 million accounts
- Weee, July 2022, 1.1 million accounts
- Fanpass, April 2022, 112,251 accounts
- Domino's India, March 2021, 23 million accounts
- Epik, September 2021, 15 million accounts
- RentoMojo, April 2023, 2.2 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “RailYatri”, Have I Been Pwned, added 5 Dec 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- railyatri.in, RailYatri’s website