Hackers demanded a ransom of $3 million from Revolut.

Hackers who claimed involvement in the data leak of the British financial technology company Revolut demanded a ransom of $3 million from the online bank under threat of selling confidential customer information to other criminal groups. This was reported on September 16 by the Financial Times newspaper.

"Pay $3 million <...> otherwise, all the data will be sold and the blood will be on your hands," the hackers said in a message quoted by the Financial Times.

According to the newspaper, a group calling itself iamnotavillain posted an ultimatum on its website along with a countdown timer. Revolut was given 24 hours to pay the ransom. The attackers demanded to transfer the money in the Monero cryptocurrency, transactions with which are more difficult to track.

The hackers told the FT that this is the first time they have used their own website to make demands and have not yet conducted negotiations with Revolut. The publication noted that publicly demanding a ransom is an unusual practice, as attackers often first contact the victim privately.

The group also sent reporters a minute-long screen recording showing the allegedly obtained Revolut documents. Among them were driver's licenses, passports, photographs of clients for identification procedures and transaction history, adds "Gazeta. Ru".

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Revolut announced on September 13 that confidential information of a limited number of customers was disclosed as a result of a fraudulent scheme. It is reported that the attackers acted through an unauthorized third party who used a legitimate domain of the state postal service. According to the company, the fraudulent address was blocked immediately after the discovery of the scheme.