People search State Bank of India data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 4 State Bank of India-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 1.3M+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why State Bank of India breach history matters
State Bank of India operates in Finance (India). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include cloud and database misconfiguration, unverified actor or scraping claims. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2023 — ~12K employee records on Telegram & forums
Cataloged incident. In July 2023, a Telegram channel (@sbi_data) posted an "SBI Employee Data Dump" with personal records for more than 12,000 State Bank of India employees; India Today and Business Today reported names, addresses, PAN numbers, SBI passbooks, account numbers, and photo IDs circulating on Telegram and other channels. The same window, ThreatSec Group marketed an SBI breach on DarkForums (July 7, 2023) with sample hr_employee SQL inserts showing Aadhaar numbers, bank account/IFSC details, PF/ESI numbers, salary fields, a Exposed categories include Employee names, addresses, PAN, Aadhaar, SBI passbooks, bank account numbers, IFSC, contact numbers, photo IDs, HR/payroll fields. BreachHistory cites approximately 12K+ affected records in this row. See the state-bank-of-india2023 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2020 — 460K Indian cards
Cataloged incident. Second batch of 460K+ Indian cards on Joker's Stash. Full PII. Sold at $9 per card. Exposed categories include Card numbers, CVV, PII. BreachHistory cites approximately 460K+ affected records in this row. See the indian-banks-jokers-stash2020 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2019 — 1.3M Indian cards on dark web
Cataloged incident. 1.3M Indian credit/debit cards sold on Joker's Stash. 98% from Indian banks. Card numbers, CVV, names, emails, addresses. Possibly skimming or Magecart. Exposed categories include Card numbers, CVV, PII. BreachHistory cites approximately 1.3M+ affected records in this row. See the indian-banks-jokers-stash2019 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2019 — millions of customer records
Cataloged incident. State Bank of India had an unprotected server that exposed millions of customers' partial account numbers, balances, transactions, and mobile numbers. Exposed categories include Partial account numbers, balances, transactions, mobile numbers. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the state-bank-of-india2019 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Cloud and database misconfiguration — appears across multiple State Bank of India catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Unverified actor or scraping claims — appears across multiple State Bank of India catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Bookmark the State Bank of India company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/state-bank-of-india · Latest: state-bank-of-india2023.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (4 rows for State Bank of India), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.