Two held over information theft

Breach of security on railway ticket site prompts data safety concerns

Law enforcement authorities have detained two people suspected of stealing and disclosing private information about railway passengers, as Internet security companies continue to warn about security bugs on the ticket-booking website.

The two suspects, identified as Jiang and Shi by the railway police, allegedly tried account names and passwords that they collected through bugs from other websites on China Railway Corp's ticket booking website, 12306.cn, according to a statement released on Friday by the company.