The airline has already taken action to contact all of these customers and they have been offered appropriate support.
This was a highly sophisticated attack.
It said that no passport details had been exposed.
We would like to apologize to those customers who have been affected by this incident.
In response to the breach, the ICO said that it was investigating the incident.
We have a live investigation into the cyber attack involving easyJet.
People have the right to expect that organisations will handle their personal information securely and responsibly.
When that doesnt happen, we will investigate and take robust action where necessary.
Anyone affected by data breaches needs to be particularly vigilant to possible phishing attacks, and scam messages.
We have published advice on our website abouthow to spot potential phishing emails.
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