Revolut data breach exposes passports, selfies, addresses
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Revolut inadvertently disclosed customers' passports, selfies, and home addresses after approving a fraudulent government request, raising privacy and identity‑theft concerns while no funds were lost.
- Status
- Active
- Confirmation
- Confirmed
- Event type
- SECURITY_INCIDENT
- Market scope
- ASSET
- Direction
- -1
- Impact / urgency
- 3 / 3
- Impact category
- MATERIAL
- Risk stance
- RISK OFF
- Promotion
- CONTEXT · 41/100
- Promotion reason
- Authority-weighted assessment across 4 linked sources.
- Duration class
- SHORT
- Assets
- Revolut
- Sectors
- Banking
- First detected
- Impact started
- Scheduled for
- Not published
- Occurred at
Sources
Bitcoin activity, passports exposed after Revolut falls for fake government request
CoinDesk — RSS · ESTABLISHED_MEDIA · Best available
Revolut tricked into handing hackers the passports and Bitcoin histories of wealthy customers - CryptoSlate
Google News RSS — Custom Crypto Query · AGGREGATOR · Update
Revolut tricked into handing hackers the passports and Bitcoin histories of wealthy customers - CryptoRank
Google News RSS — Custom Crypto Query · AGGREGATOR · Update
Revolut confirms customer data breach from fake government requests
Crypto Briefing · ESTABLISHED_MEDIA · Update