{
  "id": 6956149,
  "title": "Revolut Leaks Passports, Bitcoin Transaction Histories to Fake Government Request",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/revolut-leaks-passports-bitcoin-transaction-histories-to-fake",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-12T17:01:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/378114/revolut-passports-bitcoin-activity-data-breach"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Revolut provided customer files to an individual who posed as a government official. The imposter used a legitimate government email domain, which led Revolut staff to treat the request as genuine. As a result, the company handed over sensitive information, including passport or driving license copies, selfies used for identity checks, full names, dates of birth, occupations, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers.\n\nThe leaked data also included account statements with IBANs, opening dates, withdrawals, and full payment trails, including Bitcoin transactions. According to Revolut, the breach did not involve a hack of their systems, and no customer funds were lost. The company shut down the unauthorized mailbox after realizing it was fraudulent.\n\nThe incident was made public by crypto researcher ZachXBT, who issued an alert stating that Revolut appeared to have mistaken a fraudulent government information request for a legitimate one. The company reportedly warned affected customers and investigators.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Bitcoin activity, passports exposed after Revolut falls for fake government request",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/bitcoin-activity-passports-exposed-after-revolut-falls-for-fake",
        "published": "2026-09-12T10:11:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euro Weekly News",
        "title": "Revolut sends out passports and Bitcoin records to a fake email. What to do now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/revolut-sends-out-passports-and-bitcoin-records-to-a-fake-email-what",
        "published": "2026-09-12T11:26:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Revolut says customer KYC, Bitcoin transaction data exposed after fake request from gov’t domain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/revolut-says-customer-kyc-bitcoin-transaction-data-exposed-after-fake",
        "published": "2026-09-12T18:57:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}