Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach, falling for fake government requests
- Revolut disclosed customer identities and financial records, including Bitcoin transaction histories, after acting on a fraudulent request that appeared to come from a government agency.
- The request arrived from an unauthorized email account using an official government agency's domain; it passed authentication checks, leading staff to believe the communication was genuine.
- Disclosed records included full names, dates of birth, occupations, identity documents, and Bitcoin transaction histories, though the company confirmed biometric facial telemetry data was not involved.
- On Friday, on-chain investigator ZachXBT shared a customer notice on Telegram, though the company has not confirmed the total number of affected users.
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In a data leak at the online bank Revolut on Saturday, data belonging to Dutch customers was likely shared with cybercriminals. That is reported by BNR…
The neobank responded to what it believed to be a legal request from a government administration, including copies of identity documents. The scammers had actually used a real e-mail address of the usurped agency.
Revolut facing ransom request after hackers obtain customers' data
Revolut hackers are threatening to release stolen customer data unless the fintech pays a ransom, after the company inadvertently handed over a trove of users’ private information over the weekend. The digital banking giant said a “very limited” number of customers were affected by the breach, which compromised data including customers’ identity documents, postal and email [...]
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