A man from Delhi has been arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for hacking the Indian Railways IRCTC website. His plan was to illegally obtain Tatkal quota train tickets through the website and then resell them at sky-high prices.
The defendant, identified as Moinuddin Chisti from Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, operated a ticketing shop in Ayodhya Ganj, Greater Noida. His illegal activity lasted for more than two years, during which time he exploited the IRCTC website with unauthorized software such as Nexus, Sikka V2, and BigBoss. These tools allow him to create fake profiles and automate the booking process, including payments. A man from Delhi has been arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for hacking the Indian Railways IRCTC website. His plan was to illegally obtain Tatkal quota train tickets through the website and then resell them at sky-high prices.
The defendant, identified as Moinuddin Chisti from Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, operated a ticketing shop in Ayodhya Ganj, Greater Noida. His illegal activity lasted for more than two years, during which time he exploited the IRCTC website with unauthorized software such as Nexus, Sikka V2, and BigBoss. These tools allow him to create fake profiles and automate the booking process, including payments. Chisti has found a way to get special tickets faster than others. These tickets are for the Tatkal and VIP areas of the trains.
He then sells these tickets at exorbitant prices, sometimes four times the actual price. This practice violated many Indian Railways regulations, including a ban on third-party software for booking and transferring sold tickets.
His plan came to light when the local cybercrime unit detected multiple Tatkal reservations from the same mobile phone number. This led them to report to the railway police, leading to Chisti's arrest. During the investigation, authorities seized laptops, mobile phones, and printers and unearthed 88 more counterfeit bills, along with Rs 1,550,000 in cash.
Chisti's actions not only violated railway rules but also violated India's National Railways Act 1989 by distributing tickets under false names to unregistered passengers. Despite having a bachelor's degree in mathematics, he used illegal methods, defrauding passengers of Rs 30,000 for more than two years.
This incident is part of a series of similar scams plaguing Indian Railways. To combat this fraud, IRCTC has urged passengers to adhere to legitimate booking methods, such as offline counters, IRCTC's official website and app, and registered IRCTC agents. Recently, a phishing scam involving a fake IRCTC app emerged, tricking users into paying for Tatkal bookings that were never made. He would then sell those tickets for exorbitant prices, sometimes 4 times the actual price, in violation of many railroad regulations, including a ban on third-party software for booking and transferring tickets. sold tickets.
His plan came to light when the local cybercrime unit detected multiple Tatkal reservations from the same mobile phone number. This led them to report to the railway police, leading to Chisti's arrest. During the investigation, authorities seized laptops, mobile phones, and printers and unearthed 88 more counterfeit bills, along with Rs 1,550,000 in cash.
Chisti's actions not only violated railway rules but also violated India's National Railways Act 1989 by distributing tickets under false names to unregistered passengers. Despite having a bachelor's degree in mathematics, he used illegal methods, defrauding passengers of Rs 30,000 for more than two years.
