Reward offered for security loophole finder

The China Academy of Railway Sciences, which administers China Railway Corp's ticket booking website 12306.cn, is offering an award of up to 2,000 yuan ($320) to anyone who can find a security loophole in its website.

The move is in response to the recent breach of security in which two people are suspected of stealing and disclosing railway passengers' private information. The personal information and passwords of more than 130,000 users of 12306.cn had been leaked on the Internet, the Beijing News reported.