Archive · 22 Jul 2026
Bots Dominate Indian Railways Online Ticket Bookings
Indian Railways has found out that more than half of the online train ticket booking requests in the last six months were made by bots.
This means that out of 15.38 billion requests, 8.88 billion were from bots.
The railway minister shared this information in the Lok Sabha.
Indian Railways is taking steps to protect its booking system from cyber attacks and hacking tools that bots use.
However, bot operators are still finding ways to bypass these security measures.
More than half of online train ticket booking requests were made by bots in the last six months.
Indian Railways received an average of 15.38 billion requests, with 8.88 billion identified as bot-generated.
The railway minister shared details of suspicious attempts blocked from accessing the IRCTC e-ticketing system.
Indian Railways has implemented measures to protect its online reservation system from cyber attacks.
Bot operators continue to find ways to bypass security measures to generate a high volume of booking requests.
- Who
- Indian Railways
- What
- More than half of online train ticket booking requests were made by bots
- When
- Last six months
- Where
- India
- Why
- To understand the extent of bot activity in online ticket booking systems
Bot Prevention Measures
Bot Operators
Security Measures
Bot Prevention Measures
Indian Railways has implemented several steps to protect its online reservation system from cyber attacks and hacking tools.
Bot Operators
Bot operators continue to find ways to bypass these security measures to generate a high volume of booking requests.
- Total Booking Requests
- 15.38 billion
- Bot-Generated Requests
- 8.88 billion (57.74%)
- Time Period
- Last six months
- Reporting Authority
- Indian Railways
- Reporting Date
- July 22