Hackers Expose Over 130,000 Railway Ticket Buyers Information! (12-26-14) ~ https://youtube/watch?v=hEYtDKdQPRY RAILWAY ticket buyers have been urged to change their passwords after official website 12306.cn was hacked and the personal information of more than 130,000 users leaked online yesterday. The leak came as the Spring Festival travel rush nears, the time of year when hundreds of millions travel back to their hometowns to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families. Some buyers said they were unable to log on to the site or found it difficult after the information, including user names and passwords, was leaked. Millions of people use 12306.cn to buy train tickets for the Spring Festival. “I tried a dozens times today,” said Frank Liu, who came to Shanghai three years ago from his hometown in east China’s Shandong Province. The leaked information included usernames, passwords and emails. China Railway Corporation confirmed the news in an online statement, but said the data leaked via channels other than its website. “All the leaked information contains plain text, while the information in our website’s database is completely encrypted, which means that the data leaked via other websites or channels.”
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:24:46 +0000
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