Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:50am on 21 Oct 2026,Wednesday Tech Today
The State Bank of India (SBI) has confirmed a suspected data breach after 3,897 customer records containing personal information were identified on the dark web. The bank disclosed the incident in a stock exchange filing on October 21. The exposed information reportedly includes customers’ names, mobile numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, residential addresses and identifiers linked to loan records. SBI received alerts about the suspected data exposure on October 16 from its threat intelligence provider, the Defence Cyber Agency and CERT-In. The bank has engaged an independent cybersecurity agency to investigate the incident. SBI said its core banking operations and financial performance remain unaffected. The investigation will establish the source and extent of the data exposure. (PC: India Today)
