MyRecon OSINT
RailYatri
On 26 December 2022, RailYatri was breached. 23,209,732 accounts were exposed, including email addresses, genders, names. MyRecon rates it 64/100 — severe. That is about 86% of the population of Australia.
What happened
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.
Breach description from Have I Been Pwned, used under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
Who was behind it
No party has been publicly confirmed as responsible, and this page will not name one. Most breaches are never formally attributed: data surfaces on a forum or inside a combined dump long after the intrusion, and the trail back to a specific actor is rarely made public. Where a group has claimed responsibility it is usually named in the account above — that claim is theirs, not a finding of ours.
What was exposed, and why it matters
- Email addressesThe address becomes a confirmed, active target — expect more phishing, better aimed.
- GendersSmall on its own; useful to anyone assembling a fuller profile.
- NamesTurns an anonymous address into an identified person, which is what makes targeted phishing possible.
- Phone numbersEnables SIM-swap attacks against SMS two-factor codes, and puts the number on scam-call lists indefinitely.
- PurchasesWhat was bought and when — detail that makes an impersonation convincing.
What to do if you were in it
- Move two-factor authentication off SMS and onto an authenticator app, which a SIM swap cannot intercept.
- Expect better-aimed phishing. A message that already knows your name and where you have an account is the whole point of a breach like this.
Questions people ask about this breach
Was my email address in the RailYatri breach?
Enter it in the box at the top of this page. MyRecon checks it against this breach and every other one on record, and the address is never stored.
What data was leaked in the RailYatri breach?
email addresses, genders, names, phone numbers, purchases. Each one is explained above, along with what it means for the person it belongs to.
When did it happen, and when did it become public?
The breach is dated 26 December 2022. It was published to Have I Been Pwned on 5 December 2023, a gap of 344 days during which the data was already out.
Is the RailYatri breach real?
Yes. Have I Been Pwned lists it as verified, meaning the data was checked against the source rather than taken on trust.
How many people were affected?
23,209,732 accounts. That is about 86% of the population of Australia. That is accounts rather than people — one person often has several.
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Severity is scored by MyRecon from the number of accounts, the sensitivity of the specific fields exposed, and whether the breach is confirmed — not by a language model. The description above is quoted from Have I Been Pwned; the analysis around it is ours.