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#8 BleepingComputer general September 14, 2026 at 08:48 UTC

Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports

By Sergiu Gatlan

AI Summary

Fintech company Revolut disclosed a data breach in which an undisclosed number of customers had financial information and passport data exposed after the company inadvertently shared data with a threat actor impersonating a government agency via a legitimate government email account. The incident demonstrates the risk of emergency data request abuse as a social engineering vector against financial institutions.

Relevance score: 80.0/100

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