{
  "id": 7230860,
  "title": "Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach after fake government requests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/revolut-confirms-sensitive-customer-data-breach-after-fake-government",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:58:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/revolut-confirms-sensitive-customer-data-breach-after-fake-government-requests/articleshow/134231379.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nRevolut 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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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/revolut-confirms-customer-data-breach-through-fake-government-requests",
        "published": "2026-09-12T14:40:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Revolut confirms sensitive customer data breach, falling for fake government requests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/revolut-confirms-sensitive-customer-data-breach-falling-for-fake",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:58:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Fintech giant Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/fintech-giant-revolut-confirms-customer-data-breach-through-fake",
        "published": "2026-09-13T10:47:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}