Breaches and incidents
State Bank of India: 3,897 customer records with PII found in a dark-web dataset
SBI said that during preliminary analysis of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, 3,897 customer records containing PII were identified...
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- Verification
- Confirmed by two or more outlets
What happened
- SBI said that during preliminary analysis of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, 3,897 customer records containing PII were identified, including registered mobile numbers, dates of birth, names, gender, emails and residential addresses (DT Next); Reuters via The Star also lists loan records.
- Root cause: not disclosed; SBI has not said where the data originated.
- No attacker named in the sources fetched.
- SBI activated its incident response and containment protocols, engaged an independent cybersecurity agency, and said there is no material impact on core operations, financial performance or business continuity.