Australians spared from Revolut data breach

Warwick Ponder
Editor
16 Sep, 2026
Australian customers were not impacted after the global fintech was tricked into handing sensitive customer information to scammers raising fresh concerns about new ways that cybersecurity can be breached.
Australians spared from Revolut data breach

Australian customers were not impacted after the global fintech was tricked into handing sensitive customer information to scammers raising fresh concerns about new ways that cybersecurity can be breached.

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