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Revolut Data Breach Exposes Customers' Passport Copies and Full Transaction Histories to Hackers
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Fusion42 · 13 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Revolut suffered a data breach exposing sensitive customer KYC documents and detailed financial records, including passport copies, identity-verification images, and full transaction histories with Bitcoin activity, following a sophisticated social engineering attack impersonating a government agency email.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 4 sources have reported it between 12 Sep 2026 and 14 Sep 2026.
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Data requests will face greater scrutiny as regulators demand proof to prevent forged government impersonations. You must urgently verify legal channels before releasing sensitive customer data.
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4 sources · first reported 12 Sep 2026 · latest 14 Sep 2026
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