Revolut Confirms KYC Data Leak via Fake Government Domain
- —The leak affected passports, selfies, addresses, dates of birth, IBANs and transaction history
- —The leaked data includes clients' bitcoin transactions
- —ZachXBT: the incident is limited in scale but affected wealthy clients
- —Revolut notified regulators and law enforcement and blocked the sender's address
Why it matters: The incident increases pressure on digital banks to protect KYC data and fuels demand for ZK verification without storing documents.
Source: The Cryptonomist (IT)