Dublin Airport Data Breach: Holiday Travel Impacted
- * Data Breach: A data breach occurred on an IT server, exposing passenger boarding information from dublin Airport.
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* Data Breach: A data breach occurred on an IT server, exposing passenger boarding information from dublin Airport.
* Date range: The compromised data covers passengers who travelled through Dublin Airport between August 1st and August 31st.
* Scale: Approximately 3.8 million passengers (specifically 3,784,759) travelled through Dublin Airport during August, meaning a large number of individuals could be affected.
* unaffected Airport: Cork Airport was not affected by this breach.
* Data Exposure: Intelligence suggests the file was potentially exposed online by a cyber-criminal group starting october 17th, with samples of the data released in recent days.
* Responsibility: The breach involves a third-party supplier, identified as Collins Aerospace.
* Response: The daa (Dublin Airport Authority) has reported the incident to the Data Protection commission (DPC) and has updated the Irish Aviation Authority and the National Cyber Center. Airlines have also been informed.
* Investigation: The matter is under active investigation.