It has not yet clear how many passengers were affected by the data breach relating to boarding passes issued for flights during August, but RTÉ News understands it may be in the hundreds of thousands.
In August 3.8 million passenger journeys were made on flights through Dublin Airport. It has not been revealed yet what type of information may have been exposed.
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Source: RTE News
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