India, Oct. 21 -- A suspected data exposure involving the State Bank of India (SBI) has raised concerns about customer privacy after a hacker group reportedly claimed to have leaked hundreds of thousands of customer records on a cybercrime forum. While the group, identified as Siriusim, claimed to have exposed 3.75 lakh records, preliminary findings attributed to SBI reportedly identified personal information linked to 3,897 customers as compromised.

The reported incident highlights a growing risk for bank customers. SBI has reportedly activated its cyber incident response plan and engaged an independent agency to investigate the incident. Customers should remain alert, but the reported data breach does not mean that their bank accounts ...