In the digital rush for a seat on steel tracks, invisible crowds now outnumber the real. Billions Blocked, Bots Thwarted Indian Railways denied access to over 60 billion attempts to its e-ticketing system out of 97.53 billion requests received in the last six months of 2025, allowing only 37.1 billion genuine booking attempts to proceed. The remaining requests were identified as bots and blocked. The heaviest surge came in October 2025, a peak festive month, when 24.04 billion access attempts were recorded. Of these, nearly 17 billion were flagged as bot-generated and denied entry. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply to the Upper House of Parliament, said multiple anti-fraud mechanisms have been deployed to prevent unauthorised access and ensure seamless booking for legitimate users. Official data shows that in July 2025, 9.06 billion access requests were made, with 5.03 billion identified as bots. In August, 11.04 billion attempts were recorded, of which 5.07 billion were bots. September saw 19.04 billion requests, including 12.5 billion bot attempts. In November, 14.03 billion of 20.07 billion requests were blocked as bots, while December recorded 14.28 billion total attempts, 7.25 billion of which were automated. Fortifying the Digital Gate To counter fraudulent… Read MoreBusiness Archives – Trak.in – Indian Business of Tech, Mobile & Startups
