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Roselyne Min

Hackers impersonating government agency hit Revolut customers in the UK

Hundreds of European customers of digital bank Revolut had their personal information handed over to hackers after they impersonated a government agency, the company said on Wednesday.

Revolut said it had identified a “sophisticated external impersonation scam” in which an unauthorised third party used an email address from a legitimate government agency domain to submit fraudulent requests for customer information.

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