RailYatri data breach: 23.2M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-12-05
In December 2022, India’s government-approved online travel agency RailYatri suffered a data breach. The incident impacted over 31M customers and exposed 23M unique email addresses. Also impacted were names, genders, phone numbers and tickets purchased, including travel information and fares. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, names, phone numbers, purchases. The breach dates from Dec 26, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 5, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a RailYatri account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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