{"id":577181,"date":"2022-09-20T17:08:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=577181"},"modified":"2022-09-20T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:11:24","slug":"revolut-data-breach-ends-up-exposing-personal-details-of-nearly-50000-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/revolut-data-breach-ends-up-exposing-personal-details-of-nearly-50000-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolut Data Breach Ends Up Exposing Personal Details Of Nearly 50,000 Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Leading fintech startup Revolut recently fell prey to a malicious cyber attack that ended up exposing the personal data of thousands of its customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Revolut Data Breach: What Happened? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital bank Revolut was recently targeted by malicious hackers in a planned cyber attack that ended up exposing the data of thousands of its customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On September 10, Revolut encountered a malicious access attempt, a dubious third-party login that intended to access the Revolut database. However, the hacker could not succeed in taking full control of Revolut’s database but was able to access a small percentage of its customer data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We immediately identified and isolated the attack to effectively limit its impact and have contacted those customers affected,” Bodansky said. “Customers who have not received an email have not been impacted.” Revolut’s spokesperson, Michael Bodansky told Techcrunch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Revolut later informed the State Data Protection Inspectorate to investigate the unlawful data breach event and find potential causes that may have contributed to the data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n