India, Oct. 31 -- AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) is investigating a potential data leak involving a Salesforce-hosted software platform holding limited information on its vehicle loan customers, after a hacker group claimed to have accessed sensitive customer and internal records.

The Jaipur-headquartered lender confirmed the investigation, while maintaining that its own systems remain unaffected and all banking services are operating normally.

Separately, a threat actor has allegedly offered administrator access to electronics retailer Vijay Sales' systems for $25,000. Neither the extent of the alleged access nor the extraction of any data has been independently confirmed.

The AU SFB investigation follows a post flagged by cybersecuri...