Italy probes, UK scrutinizes Revolut
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Revolut said hackers impersonated a government agency to obtain sensitive customer data, prompting an Italian probe and scrutiny by Britain’s data protection regulator.
Reposted by Maria Abreu
Hackers targeted Revolut’s “crypto whales” — customers with sizeable cryptocurrency holdings — after compromising an Italian government email system and exchanging messages with the online bank while posing as law enforcement.
Hackers say they breached Italian state email to target Revolut ‘crypto whales’
Group claims to have spent months posing as law enforcement to obtain confidential data on hundreds of customers
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September 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Hackers targeted Revolut’s “crypto whales” — customers with sizeable cryptocurrency holdings — after compromising an Italian government email system and exchanging messages with the online bank while posing as law enforcement.