Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach after fake government requests
Revolut said in a statement that the breach affected a "very limited" number of customers, who had been notified by the company. It did not give further details.
Revolut has confirmed a data breach that exposed sensitive customer information. The breach occurred after the company received fraudulent requests from an email domain used by a legitimate government agency.
The compromised data included customers' birth dates, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and copies of their identity documents such as passports and driver's licenses. Revolut stated that its systems and customer funds were unaffected by the breach.
Revolut notified the affected customers and alerted relevant government agencies, enforcement agencies, data protection, and financial regulators. The company did not disclose the exact number of individuals affected, but described the number of impacted customers as very limited.
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