The cruise ship industry is all but shuttered worldwide because the floating hotels are a great way to contract coronavirus. And now the industry's biggest player, Carnival Corporation, has also come down with a case of ransomware.
The company on Tuesday issued a regulatory filing [PDF] in which it admitted: "On August 15, 2020, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc... detected a ransomware attack that accessed and encrypted a portion of one brand's information technology systems. The unauthorized access also included the download of certain of our data files."
The filing also reveals that the company expects "that the security event included unauthorized access to personal data of guests and employees, which may result in potential claims from guests, employees, shareholders, or regulatory agencies". The filing also said Carnival can't be ..
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