Illegal Software Called “Real Mango”

/ Current Affairs
  • In a nationwide investigation, RPF has disrupted the operation of illegal software called “Real Mango” used for cornering confirmed Railway reservation.
  • Operation of an illegal software called “Rare Mango” (later changed its name to “Real Mango”) was revealed on 09.08.2020 during action against touts by the field units of RPF.
  • RPF units of North Central Railway (NCR), Eastern Railway (ER) and Western Railway (WR) apprehended some suspects and initiated the process of understanding and unravelling the operation of RareMango/Real Mango Software.
  • In course of systematic unravelling of the working of the illegal software, it has been found that:-
  1. Real mango software bypasses V3 and V2 captcha.
  2. It synchronises bank OTP with help of a mobile app and feeds it to the requisite form automatically.
  3. The software auto-fills the passenger details and payment details in the forms.
  4. The software logs in to the IRCTC website through multiple IRCTC Ids.
  5. The illegal software is sold through five tiered structure: System Admin & his   team, Mavens, Super sellers, Sellers and Agents.
  6. System admin is receiving payment in bitcoins.