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RPF busts Real Mango
Context: Railway Protection Force (RPF) has busted an illegal software operation called “Real Mango” — used for cornering confi rmed train reservations during the coronavirus pandemic.
What is ‘Real Mango’?
“Real Mango” is illegal software used for cornering confi rmed 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 fi eld 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-fi lls 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 fi ve-tiered structure: System Admin & his team, Mavens, Super sellers, Sellers, and Agents
" System admin is receiving payment in bitcoins.
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