Goa, Oct. 22 -- The State Bank of India (SBI) has flagged the suspected exposure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information on the dark web and launched an investigation into the incident.

According to the bank, a preliminary analysis of approximately 3.75 lakh records found on the dark web identified 3,897 records that appeared to contain customer information.

The potentially exposed data includes customers' names, gender, registered mobile numbers, dates of birth, email addresses and residential addresses. It may also contain branch details, Customer Information File (CIF) identifiers, lead IDs and loan-related metadata.

SBI said it has activated its cyber incident response and containment protocols to a...