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State Bank of India Exposed Cyberattack Including Nearly 3,900 Customer Records

“SBI is investigating a dark web data leak after a preliminary analysis of 375,000 records confirmed nearly 4,000 compromised customer files.”

State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, has begun a review after a suspected cyberattack exposed thousands of customer records, including personal information, on the dark web.

According to an exchange filing on Wednesday, SBI is looking into the incident after a preliminary examination found around 4,000 records, including customers’ personal information.

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As part of the initial evaluation, about 375,000 records that were accessible on the dark web were examined.

The bank’s fundamental business operations, financial performance, and business continuity are not anticipated to be significantly impacted by the disclosure.

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Customer names, cellphone numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, residence addresses, brand and customer identifiers, and loan records were among the exposed data, according to a preliminary review.

An independent cybersecurity firm has been hired by SBI to carry out a thorough analysis and look into the type and scope of the data leak.

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“Balances for customers are totally secure.”

To identify the possible source and scope of the exposure and evaluate the risks to the bank and its clients, a thorough investigation is in progress.

SBI’s financial performance, business continuity, and key business operations are unaffected by the incident.

The disclosure draws attention to the cybersecurity threats that the nation’s banking industry faces as lenders handle growing amounts of sensitive client data and extend their digital services. A similar breach was discovered by the state-run Bank of Baroda in July.

Vivek Iyer, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat

“From the perspective of the cyber landscape, the attack surface is constantly evolving due to the significant technological development in financial services, which is mostly due to digitization and artificial intelligence.”

Financial institutions must improve both their security operations centers and their cyber posture.

Lenders have been regularly cautioned by the Reserve Bank of India about cyber-related risks that could jeopardize financial stability. Nearly one-third of participants in a central bank study of 43 banks and shadow lenders said that cyber threats had increased moderately or significantly from the previous year.

The region as a whole is becoming more concerned. Government officials in Japan have increased cybersecurity procedures as a result of a spate of data breaches that have affected businesses like Daiwa Securities Group Inc., East Japan Railroad Co., and SoftBank Corp.

Customers’ names, registered cellphone numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, residence locations, branch and customer identity numbers, and information related to loan and lead records were among the exposed records, according to SBI, a systemically significant bank in India.

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