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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

Revolut confirmed that customer data was exposed through fraudulent government requests, and has notified affected customers along with alerting government agencies, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

Background

Revolut is a UK-based digital banking and financial services provider with over 50 million customers globally. Fake government requests are a growing social engineering tactic used to extract sensitive user data from tech and fintech companies.

Source
TechCrunch
Published
Sep 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Score
7.0 / 10