Revolut Faces Multiple Extortion Demands, Says No Direct Contact Received

On September 17, following a customer data breach at Revolut, multiple hacker groups publicly demanded ransoms. A group calling itself "IAmNotAVillain" demanded Revolut pay 6,000 Monero (XMR, approximately $3 million) within 24 hours, or it would sell customer data to other criminal organizations; another group, "Revolut Smilik," had earlier demanded 10,000 Bitcoin (approximately $780 million).

In response, a Revolut spokesperson stated that the company had not received any direct contact or extortion demands from any of the aforementioned individuals or groups. Meanwhile, Italy's Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Directorate has launched an investigation, with Italian prosecutors probing unauthorized access to government computer systems. Italy's privacy regulator has also required all banks to urgently review the security of their access systems.

[TechFlow]