Revolut hackers demand $3M in monero or face data leak

The hackers behind the Revolut data breach are now demanding $3 million in monero within 24 hours or threatening to sell stolen customer data to other criminal groups, according to CoinDesk. The ultimatum escalates an incident that began when Revolut exposed customer KYC data — including passports, selfies, ID documents, addresses and bitcoin transaction histories — after complying with a spoofed government request it treated as legitimate. No customer funds were lost, but affected higher-net-worth users face elevated phishing risk.

• Hackers have already begun publishing files publicly amid earlier threats of daily leaks until Revolut pays.
• The demand adds ransom pressure on top of a growing public-dump campaign.