Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 29, 2026 • Source: TechCrunch
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TechCrunch reports: Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests. Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.
What to do now about Revolut customer data breach through fake
For primary quotes and complete technical detail, see TechCrunch's original report linked above.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Inventory whether Revolut confirms customer data runs in prod, CI, staging, or on laptops before you debate severity.
- ☐ Confirm the vendor's fixed build for Revolut confirms customer data from TechCrunch, then schedule the patch window.
- ☐ If you cannot patch today, isolate the service, rotate tokens that sat on the affected surface, and raise the logging floor.
- ☐ Record the decision and residual risk so the next on-call does not re-litigate whether you are exposed.
- ☐ Treat unexpected emails that mention Revolut confirms customer data (shipping, invoices, password resets) as phishing until verified.
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