Revolut will cover costs for customers hit by data hack, Western Europe CEO says

By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) Revolut will cover the cost of customers wanting to change their identity documents after the London-based bank was tricked into ​giving hackers the data of hundreds of customers, ‌the company s CEO for Western Europe said on Wednesday. Revolut, Europe s most valuable startup, said it had sent the customers personal data to hackers who had taken control of an Italian government agency email address, ‌in ​an incident first disclosed last month. Béatrice ⁠Cossa-Dumurgier, Revolut s CEO for Western ⁠Europe, told BFM TV in an interview that the company would not pay ransoms to hackers, when asked if they had paid one. Revolut previously said it had not ​received a ransom demand. Cossa-Dumurgier said Revolut had provided assistance for the 680 affected clients, 55 of whom are in ⁠France. If they ever have to ⁠change their ID documents, we re taking care of ​the associated costs , she added, without specifying whether this had ​happened yet or