Revolut data on 680 customer accounts leaked through forged government requests
Customers' personal and financial information was leaked at Revolut through fake requests impersonating government agencies. The damage was put at 680 key customer accounts, with passports, selfies and financial records exposed. The company said it had received no direct demand for money and later said it would cover the costs of customers hit by the hack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Revolut
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal and financial information of 680 customer accounts
- Cause / method
- Fake requests for information impersonating government agencies
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- Revolut confirmed that customer data had been leaked through fake government requests.
- It became known that the leaked information included passports, selfies and financial records.
- Revolut said it had not received a direct demand for money.
- It became known that 680 accounts were affected and that the attacker demanded $3 million and threatened to publish the data.
- Revolut's chief executive for Western Europe said the company would cover the costs of customers hit by the hack.
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