Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

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**Key facts from the source:**

- Revolut disclosed sensitive customer data to unauthorized third party via fraudulent requests from legitimate government email domain

- Exposed data: identity/contact details (birth date, addresses, phone numbers), passports, driver's licenses, possibly verification selfies, account statements, transaction histories

- "Limited" number of customers impacted, exact number not disclosed

- Revolut blocked the email, alerted government agency, law enforcement, regulators

- Systems and customer funds unaffected

- ZachXBT said incident targeted high net worth users

- Revolut: 80M+ customers, bank in 30+ countries, recent banking licenses in France/UK, OCC conditional approval for US national bank, potential $200B IPO

**Structure:**

1. **Opening** - What happened, who reported it

2. **How the Impersonation Worked** - The attack mechanism and data exposed

3. **Why Government Email Impersonation Works** - The trust model exploited, precedents at Google/Meta/Twitter

4. **The Timing** - IPO, banking licenses, regulatory scrutiny implications

5. **What Affected Customers Should Know** - Identity theft risks, credit monitoring, verification process gaps