Bank of Baroda customers' Aadhaar, account details leaked? What we know about hacking claims
Bank of Baroda customers' Aadhaar, account details leaked? Sample files purportedly linked to the breach have also surfaced online.How the alleged breach come to lightCybersecurity researcher and CashlessConsumer founder Srikanth Lakshmanan said the alleged breach first came to light on Saturday after it was flagged by dark web monitoring platform ransomware.live. He said his preliminary verification suggested the files contained both internal bank records and customer information.According to the threat actor, the leaked archive contains around 1TB of banking data.
- ▪Bank of Baroda customers' Aadhaar, account details leaked?
- ▪Sample files purportedly linked to the breach have also surfaced online.How the alleged breach come to lightCybersecurity researcher and CashlessConsumer founder Srikanth Lakshmanan said the alleged breach first came to light on Saturday af
- ▪He said his preliminary verification suggested the files contained both internal bank records and customer information.According to the threat actor, the leaked archive contains around 1TB of banking data.
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Bank of Baroda customers' Aadhaar, account details leaked? What we know about hacking claimsCybersecurity researcher Srikanth Lakshmanan said the alleged leaked data appeared to have been due to TripleX, a cybercrime and data extortion group.Updated on: Jul 27, 2026, 20:36:51 ISTBy HT News DeskPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link State-owned Bank of Baroda is investigating claims of a major cybersecurity breach after reports claimed that around 1TB of sensitive customer and internal banking data had allegedly been leaked on the dark web.FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a signboard of Bank of Baroda outside their branch office in New Delhi, India, June 20, 2023.
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