on Monday said there had been no breach of its systems or pilferage of personal data of customers and account holders. The state-run lender, in a statement, said it had thoroughly checked its systems and that the reported attempt of perpetrator was monitored and checked.

“PNB has implemented stringent security controls in all our ICT (information and communications technology) systems,” said the bank, adding that it has deployed data leak prevention solutions which prevent any unauthorised data to be sent through email.

Cyber security firm CyberX9 had said that a vulnerability in the server of Punjab National Bank exposed the personal and financial information of its about 180 million customers for about seven months and that the bank fixed the vulnerability when CyberX9 notified PNB through CERT-In and NCIIPC.