alt Hacker NewsMy understanding of the situation is that no government agency actually requested data at all, just that someone impersonated a government email address and this was enough for Revolut to reply with the requested data.
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rawland • today at 12:18 PM
From the PR statement, it's unclear if a gov. agency was hacked or it was a phishing attempt, from my point of view. Both cases are still not enough, even for a greasy spoon.
cluckindan • today at 12:19 PM
It was probably an AI agent that handed it over.
The government did request the data. And since the announcement, it has requested highly sensitive data again, and to keep such data, backed by threats of violent repercussions, that businesses cease to operate or to even exist.
That's a dangerous kind of threat to be making, and to act upon. for information that should remain private let alone owned by the bank itself.