Revolut postane žrtev "stroko ciljanega" kibernetskega napada

Super-aplikacija Revolut s sedežem v Združenem kraljestvu je postala žrtev "zelo ciljanega" kibernetskega napada, ki je morda prizadel več deset tisoč strank.

V e-pošti prizadetim strankam fintech pravi, da so nekateri posamezniki morda ranljivi za goljufije in napade z lažnim predstavljanjem, čeprav je njihov denar varen in ni bilo dostopa do nobenih podatkov o kartici, kod PIN ali gesel.

A Revolut spokesperson says: “Revolut recently experienced a highly targeted cyber-attack. This resulted in an unauthorised third party obtaining access to the details of a small percentage (0.16%) of our customers for a short period of time.

»Takoj smo identificirali in izolirali napad, da bi učinkovito omejili njegov vpliv, in stopili v stik s prizadetimi strankami. To ni vplivalo na stranke, ki niso prejele e-pošte.

“To be clear, no funds have been accessed or stolen. Our customers’ money is safe – as it has always been. All customers can continue to use their cards and accounts as normal.”

Podjetje je ustanovilo posebno skupino za spremljanje prizadetih računov, ki po navedbah litovskega organa za varstvo podatkov (kjer ima Revolut bančno licenco), lahko kar 50,150 strank po vsem svetu.

The financial app recently launched Revolut Pay, an online checkout feature that allows UK and European merchants to present it as a payment method.

In July, Revolut made a number of senior hires in both the US in Indija.

Last summer, Revolut raised $800 million in a Series E funding round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global which took its total valuation to $33 billion, making it one of the most valuable European fintechs ever.