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Morning Edition · Thursday, September 17, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York
Revolut Extortionists Demand $3 Million in Monero and Say They Targeted Customers With Large Crypto Holdings
The group gave the bank 24 hours to pay and threatened to sell the stolen customer data, turning a compliance database into a list of targets.
A group claiming to hold Revolut customer data demanded $3 million in monero and gave the company 24 hours to pay, threatening to sell the data otherwise. The attackers said they specifically targeted customers with significant crypto holdi…
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Compliance Data Becomes the Attack Surface
Mandated identity collection keeps concentrating name-to-address links inside brokers and their banking partners, so each breach permanently deanonymizes holders and sustains a pipeline of phishing and physical attacks, pushing users toward privacy tooling and custodial products.
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