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16 September 2026

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Revolut Discloses Data Breach Exposing Customer Financial Info and Passports

Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. The disclosure does not detail a protective step for affected customers.

Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. The exposed data includes financial information and passports. The number of affected customers is undisclosed. The disclosure does not detail a protective step for those customers.

Our reading

Our reading is that the incident is relevant to security-conscious operators, but the disclosure leaves the protective step unclear.

Source details and supporting facts

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Stated by BleepingComputer

  • Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency.
  • The number of customers affected is undisclosed.

Sources

  1. BleepingComputerText stored 14 September 2026

How this story was checked. Written from the 1 page listed above, stored 14 September 2026; claims checked against that stored text on 14 September 2026.

What that means
  • 2 of 3 reported statements were confirmed against the page that carries them; the rest were removed rather than published.
  • Figures in the text were required to appear in the stored source text: yes. Identifiers: yes.
  • The check reads stored text only: no claim rests on a fresh look that did not happen.
  • Where the reporting was silent, the text says so instead of filling the gap.

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