Revolut confirms data breach after falling for fake government requests

In the architecture of digital trust, even regulated institutions can be undone not by code but by convincing language. Revolut, the London-based fintech serving millions across Europe, disclosed this week that it released sensitive customer data to attackers who successfully impersonated government authorities — a reminder that social engineering exploits the human impulse to comply with power. The breach lays bare a structural vulnerability shared across the financial industry: when forgeries are sophisticated enough to mimic official procedure, the gap between authentic and fraudulent autho