Private Data of 12,000 SBI Employees Exposed on Telegram Channels

Over 12,000 employees of the State Bank of India (SBI) had their personal information compromised in a significant data breach, which was later published on Telegram channels. Employees’ names, residences, contact information, PAN numbers, and personal data from their SBI passbooks were among the information that was leaked.

The data breach was discovered after a file with the personal data of over 12,000 workers of the State Bank of India (SBI) was put to a Telegram channel with the handle @sbi_data on Friday, July 8. According to India Today, the file contained the names, residences, contact information, PAN numbers, account numbers, and photo IDs of the employees.

“Spread Chaos Comrades!” was penned in the channel’s bio, and the file’s name was “SBI Employee Data Dump.” At the time of the leak, the channel only had 608 subscribers, but the file was quickly shared on social media and on other Telegram channels.

The threat actor who released the data of over 12,000 SBI employees also claimed to have access to millions of consumers’ financial information. The

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