Budget Travel customers’ data stolen

A USB memory stick containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Budget Travel customers has been stolen as part of an “opportunistic” robbery from the company’s headquarters.

In a letter sent to all individuals affected in recent days Simon Coyle, the liquidator of the now-closed business, confirmed that a series of personal information relating to members of the public has been stolen.

The information, which does not include credit card details, was taken from Budget Travel’s main office in Dublin on February 3 after it had been compiled in the single database.