Original sourceSpazioCrypto
Summary
Revolut disclosed an identity data breach after someone impersonated a legitimate government agency to make a request, leading to sensitive customer data being handed to an unauthorized third party, including ID documents, home addresses, account information, and full Bitcoin transaction histories.…
Key points
- It reminds all fintech and crypto platforms that the weakest link is often the human process for verifying legitimate data requests, not the firewall.
- The combined leak of full transaction history and identity documents escalates users from online phishing risk to a physical security risk of being targeted.
- Users holding large crypto assets should be more vigilant and review publicly identifiable information; fintech firms must implement multi-factor and callback verification and redesign internal approval for law enforcement and government data requests.
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