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Leak of ticketing data angers public

A leak of personal information from online train-ticket sales has spurred a public outcry over Internet vulnerability. A trove of personal data used for buying tickets on the official ticket-selling website 12306.cn is circulating on the Internet, according to a report by Woo Yun, a renowned third-party Internet security platform. The leaked information includes user names, passwords and e-mail addresses. China Railway Corp confirmed the news in a statement posted on its Sina Weibo micro blog on Thursday, but said that the data was leaked from other channels and not from its website. Police have launched an investigation.