Railway Protection Force (RPF) has busted an illegal software operation called “Real Mango” — used for cornering confirmed train reservations during the coronavirus pandemic.
What is ‘Real Mango’?
“Real Mango” is illegal software used for cornering confirmed Railway reservations.
The software was earlier with the name ‘Rare Mango’.
The operation of an illegal software called “Rare Mango” (later changed its name to “Real Mango”) was revealed during action against touts by the field units of RPF.
The software has now been fully decimated
What made it ‘illegal’ software?
In course of the systematic unraveling of the working of the illegal software, it has been found that-
Real mango software bypasses V3 and V2 captcha
It synchronizes bank OTP with help of a mobile app and feeds it to the requisite form automatically
The software auto-fills the passenger details and payment details in the forms
The software logs in to the IRCTC website through multiple IRCTC Ids
The illegal software is sold through a five-tiered structure: System Admin & his team, Mavens, Super sellers, Sellers, and Agents
RPF busts Real Mango
Context:
Railway Protection Force (RPF) has busted an illegal software operation called “Real Mango” — used for cornering confirmed train reservations during the coronavirus pandemic.
What is ‘Real Mango’?
What made it ‘illegal’ software?