IRCTC denies reports of being hacked; cyber cell to conduct enquiry

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has denied media reports of its e-ticketing portal being hacked. 

IRCTC tweeted that the portal has not been hacked and an enquiry is being conducted into alleged data hack. It further said that data threat has not yet been established. 

@YashAgarwal @RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu IRCTC website has not been hacked. Enquiry is being conducted regarding alleged data sale.

— IRCTC Ltd. (@IRCTC_Ltd) May 5, 2016

@DEBKANCHAN Data theft has not yet been established. We are enquiring into the matter.

— IRCTC Ltd. (@IRCTC_Ltd) May 5, 2016

Sandip Dutta PRO of IRCTC in an Indian Express report said that there has been no hacking attempt on the site. A high-level committee has been formed to probe the matter.

He added that they have requested the cyber cell to give them details of the so-called data theft.

Earlier, media reports said that valuable personal data of millions of customers is feared to have been stolen from the server.

Experts believe that if the news about data hack is true it can result in sale of personal information (mainly email ids and PAN card details) of several customers to corporations.

A K Manocha, Managing Director of IRCTC, according to media reports, has written to Delhi police's cyber cell to inquire into the entire matter related to hacking of IRCTC data.