{
  "id": 7775336,
  "title": "UK fintech Revolut reveals customer data breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/uk-fintech-revolut-reveals-customer-data-breach",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:27:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-fintech-revolut-reveals-customer-data-breach/articleshow/134286545.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Revolut, a British digital bank, has revealed that customer data was shared with an unauthorized third party due to an impersonation attack. The attack involved a third party posing as a government agency, using a legitimate domain email to submit fraudulent requests for information.\n\nThe incident has prompted an investigation in Italy, where the cyber agency reported over 650 cases of abused or illicit certified email accounts. Italian authorities, including the cybercrime police, are investigating the breach for alleged unauthorized access to a computer system and computer fraud.\n\nRevolut has reported the incident to the Italian authorities and will assist them as needed. The company has stated that its systems, databases, and customer funds remain secure, but has declined to identify the government agency whose email was allegedly compromised, citing an active police investigation and confidentiality obligations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Italy investigates government email breach linked to Revolut data leak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/italy-investigates-government-email-breach-linked-to-revolut-data-leak",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:58:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}