Italy Probes State Email Breach Tied to Revolut Leak

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Italy's specialised police service to fight cybercrime has launched an investigation after UK-based online bank Revolut itself told British authorities that it had provided personal data of its clients to cybercriminals, ANSA quoted BTA as saying. The hackers used a legitimate email address of the Italian police to request the information from the bank. According to the Financial Times, the hackers were provided with data on 680 customers, inclu…

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The Italian postal police has opened an investigation after UK-based online bank Revolut reported itself to the British authorities for having held over the personal data of some of its customers to cybercriminals who reportedly used a legitimate Italian... (ANSA)

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The email addressed to Revolut to obtain the confidential data of hundreds of customers started from a certified mailbox of the prefecture of Reggio Calabria, according to sources of Corriere della Sera. But the real sender were not the public officials, but computer criminals who had obtained the control of the account. An address pec, certified, therefore [...] The article Revolut delivers to criminals the data of 680 customers: the request st…

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Data hooves at Digitalbank Revolut: Hackers collect customer data via government emails and demand money. A German founder also confirms that he is affected by the data leak. The details.

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Financial technology (fintech) company Revolut confirmed on Saturday that sensitive customer information was shared with an unauthorized third party following fraudulent requests originating from an email domain belonging to a legitimate government agency. So, what is Revolut? Where is Revolut Bank based, and is it used in Türkiye?