Kathmandu. Bank of Baroda, one of India’s leading public sector banks, has confirmed that there was a limited data breach after unauthorized access to the email account of one of its employees. According to media reports, about 1 terabyte (TB) of data related to the bank has been leaked on the internet and dark web. <\/p>\n
If such a large amount of data is confirmed to have been leaked, it can raise serious questions about the cyber security of the banking sector. Cyber security experts say that since banks have personal and sensitive details of customers, if such information reaches the wrong person, the risk of cyber fraud, identity theft and other risks can increase. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, in an official statement, Bank of Baroda clarified that the hacker did not enter the bank’s main system.TAG_OPEN_p_5 According to the bank, the incident took place after an employee’s email account was hacked. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bank said that the situation was brought under control by taking necessary security measures as soon as the information about the incident was received.TAG_OPEN_p_4 “There is no unauthorized access to the core banking system, accounts and transaction systems of the customers and the banking services are secure,” the statement said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bank said it had begun a forensic investigation to gather more information about the real cause of the incident, the nature of the data affected and the potential impact. It is expected that the true magnitude of the data breach and its impact will become clear only after the conclusion of the research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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