Scammers impersonate cops, use arrest threats to extort victims
FBI IC3 warns scammers impersonating police and federal agents caused over $1.6 billion in reported losses between January 2025 and July 2026.
Stories per day · 30 days
2 RSS
8 stories, newest first · one card per story
Stories tagged #government-impersonation
Revolut Data Breach: 5 Months, 680 High-Profile Accounts, $3M Ransom
A threat actor demanding $3 million from Revolut says fake government legal requests yielded data of about 680 customers, mostly cryptocurrency whales.
6
Revolut Data Breach Via Fake Government Requests – What We Know So Far
Revolut confirmed attackers extracted customer KYC records by sending fraudulent data requests from a spoofed or compromised government agency email domain.
3
Revolut Confirms Data Breach Through Fake Government Requests
Revolut disclosed customers' IDs, selfies, and financial data to impostors sending fraudulent requests from a legitimate government email domain.
1
Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports
Revolut disclosed a breach after a threat actor spoofing a government agency's email domain obtained customer passports, selfies, IBANs, and full transaction histories.
4
Revolut Data Breach Exposes Customers’ Passport Copies and Full Transaction Histories to Hackers
Revolut leaked KYC documents and full transaction histories after a fraudulent, domain-authenticated email request impersonating a government agency.
4
Revolut Exposed KYC Data After Fraudulent Government Email Passed Security Checks
Revolut handed over KYC documents, selfies, and Bitcoin transaction histories to attackers after a fraudulent email from a genuine government domain passed authentication checks.
2
Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
Revolut disclosed customer identity data, including passports and possibly selfies, to an attacker using a legitimate government email domain.
4