Yatra Data Breach

What happened?

In September 2013, the Indian bookings website known as Yatra had 5 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained email and physical addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers along with both PINs and passwords stored in plain text. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is September 1, 2013. The record was added to the catalogue on July 4, 2018 and last updated there on July 4, 2018.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• PINs

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Yatra or used yatra.com around September 1, 2013. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.