SBI Data Leak: Are Your Bank Details at Risk?

SBI has flagged a possible customer data leak on the dark web involving nearly 4,000 records with personal details. If you bank with SBI, here's what you need to check and do right now to protect your money and identity.

Here's what happened: SBI filed an exchange disclosure flagging suspected exposure of customer data on the dark web, with a preliminary count of approximately 3,897 records containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII).. The exact nature of the PII involved — whether it includes account numbers, mobile numbers, addresses, or ID details — has not been fully confirmed publicly, and SBI says investigation is ongoing.. Dark web data leaks are high-risk because criminal networks use stolen PII to commit identity fraud, take out fake loans, and bypass KYC checks at smaller digital lenders..

What you should do: Change your SBI net banking and YONO app password immediately, and enable two-factor authentication if it is not already active on your account.. Check your free CIBIL or Experian credit report for any loan enquiry or new account you did not authorise — a fraudster using your PII will trigger a hard enquiry first.. Call SBI customer care (1800 11 2211) to ask whether your account falls in the affected records, and request SMS and email alerts for every transaction above ₹1 if not already set..

You can place a 'credit freeze' request with all four credit bureaus — CIBIL, Experian, Equifax, and CRIF — so no lender can pull your report without your explicit consent, blocking most identity-based loan fraud at zero cost.