Data breaches

Revolut handed customer data to fraudsters using government email account

Published September 14, 2026 · The Record

Revolut has acknowledged that it handed over sensitive customer information to criminals who posed as officials, sending emergency data requests from a genuine government email address. The incident highlights how the emergency request process can be abused to extract personal data from financial firms.

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