New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Records containing personal information of State Bank of India customers have been found exposed on the dark web, the state-run lender said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday.

In a preliminary analysis of about 375,000 records, 3,897 with personally identifiable information were identified, the bank said. The leak reportedly includes mobile numbers, dates of birth, names, gender data and addresses, among other details.

The bank was alerted of the breach by its threat intelligence provider, but that's hardly a consolation. That the leak occurred is concerning, especially since it pertains to India's largest bank by several parameters. A full probe is underway, which will reveal the scale of the breach and hopef...