The federal government penalised the RailYatri app custodian firm for an information leak and the app was restored after taking crucial safety measures, Parliament was knowledgeable on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha mentioned that IRCTC took motion on the RailYatri app following data shared by CERT-In in December 2022.
“As per data furnished by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Company (IRCTC), upon receipt of data from CERT-In in December 2022 concerning leakage of information acquired and maintained by RailYatri app, the ticket-booking facility on RailYatri app was stopped, penalty was imposed on the corporate which is the custodian of the RailYatri app, and the app was restored after taking crucial safety measures,” he mentioned.
The minister mentioned {that a} whole of 10, 5 and seven incidents of information leak associated to authorities organisations have been reported for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
“As per the data reported to and tracked by the Indian Laptop Emergency Response Crew (CERT-In), a complete of 47 incidents of information leak and 142 incidents of information breach have been reported over the past 5 calendar years,” Chandrasekhar mentioned.
The minister mentioned that CERT-In, in April 2022, had issued instructions beneath part 70B for obligatory reporting of cyber incidents to CERT-In inside six hours of such incidents being observed or being introduced to note.
He mentioned that the CERT-In had additionally issued a particular advisory in December 2022 on greatest practices to boost the resilience of well being sector entities, and has requested the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare to disseminate the identical to all authorised medical care entities and repair suppliers within the nation to boost cyber safety.
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