<merope> "Screenshot from 2022-08-10 18-50..." <- No legit company is asking for confidential information over SMTP because of how utterly insecure it is

They would send you a gateway for you to enter your information. The only exception would be companies with horrible opsec practices that resulted in data breaches, such as Dave.com

That, and practically any and every official communication in Ireland: insurance companies, government, including immigration, police, lawyers, etc. so [this](bbc.com/news/world-europe-57184977) is no surprise.

What's happening in Ireland?

What do you mean?

Just saying that all official comm is requested in email/cleartext.

Requesting bank PII over cleartext/email.