{
  "id": 7326039,
  "title": "Revolut hit by data breach after fake government email scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/revolut-hit-by-data-breach-after-fake-government-email-scam",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-14T13:42:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48396/revolut-hit-by-data-breach-after-fake-government-email-scam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Revolut, a British fintech company, has confirmed that it disclosed sensitive customer information to fraudsters. The company received fraudulent requests for customer data from a legitimate government agency email domain, which it initially treated as genuine.\n\nThe exposed information includes passports, driving licences, dates of birth, home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. According to The Register, the breach also included know-your-customer (KYC) data, verification selfies, account statements, IBANs, withdrawal records, and full transaction histories.\n\nRevolut has contacted the affected individuals directly to inform them and provide support. The company stated that its systems and customer funds were unaffected by the breach. The number of impacted customers and their locations have not been disclosed, although Revolut has around 3.4 million customers in Ireland.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Revolut falls for fake government requests, hands over customer data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/revolut-falls-for-fake-government-requests-hands-over-customer-data",
        "published": "2026-09-14T11:26:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Revolut customer data breach after fake govt requests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/revolut-customer-data-breach-after-fake-govt-requests",
        "published": "2026-09-14T11:59:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/revolut-handed-customer-data-to-fraudsters-using-government-email",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}