Hackers Infiltrate Italian Ministry Email to Extract Revolut Crypto Records
Italian authorities and European regulators are investigating after fraudsters compromised an account inside Italy’s Ministry of the Interior on the state-certified Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC) email system, posing as police officers to obtain customer records from Revolut. Revolut complied with the certified requests over several months, handing over complete verification dossiers—including passport scans, selfies, home addresses, and Bitcoin transaction ledgers—for approximately 680 high-net-worth cryptocurrency holders. As lawmakers in Rome press the government to explain how state infrastructure was breached, affected customers are warning of extortion risks, and officials are assessing whether the same mailbox was used to target other financial institutions.