Revolut appears to have exposed personally identifiable information (PII) for a subset of users due to failing to detect a fraudulent government request.

Exposed data included:

  • Copy of passport and/or driver's licence, plus the verification selfie
  • Account statements, IBAN, withdrawal records, and full transaction history including Bitcoin
  • Full name, date of birth, occupation
  • Home address, email, phone number

While the incident is likely limited in size it seems to have been targeted at high net worth users. 

An email alerting users was sent out to multiple Revolut users yesterday.

Source: ZachXBT.

Revolut handed over customers’ passport copies, verification selfies and full transaction histories to a malicious actor

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[–] 20 points 2 months ago

They’ve been nagging me for months to upload documentation. I think I’ll just close it instead.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Better to not collect such information in the first place, then it can't be sold, stolen, or leaked.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    So far, I haven't had to ID verify for anything. The moment I do it's immediately over. I will live like a 1700's hermit before I'll permit it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I blame KYC/AML laws

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The CEO of Sardine is on LinkedIn saying how it isn't Revolut's fault, and in the same breath saying how the controls should have worked (which shockingly includes a plug for Sardine)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Revolut is a pretty amateuristic bank so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I highly recommend you bank somewhere else.

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