SBI confirms data leak, says 4,000 customer records identified on dark web
State Bank of India (SBI) has confirmed a data breach involving nearly 4,000 customer records that were discovered on the dark web. The bank has initiated an independent cybersecurity investigation and activated incident response protocols to assess the extent of the exposure.
Why it matters
This breach highlights the ongoing vulnerability of major financial institutions to cyberattacks and the potential risks to customer PII, such as identity theft and financial fraud.
MUMBAI: SBI has confirmed a data breach involving 3,897 customer records containing personal information, which were found on the dark web.SBI identified the records containing personal information in a preliminary analysis of 3.75 lakh records found on the dark web.The bank said it had activated its cyber incident response protocols and commissioned an independent cybersecurity agency to investigate the incident after receiving alerts from its threat intelligence service provider, Defence Cyber Agency and CERT-In on Oct 16.The disclosure follows a claim by cybersecurity monitoring account CyberPulse that a threat actor using the name Siriusim had leaked documents and personal data allegedly linked to SBI.
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