Carnival Corporation data breach exposed personal information after social engineering attack
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Chris Williams
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Summary
Carnival Corporation experienced a data breach in April 2026 after a hacker used social engineering tactics to trick an employee into granting access to the company's IT systems. The unauthorized activity was discovered on April 14, and Carnival quickly stopped it while launching an investigation with outside cybersecurity experts. The investigation confirmed that the hacker accessed personal information, and the company has begun notifying affected individuals.
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The company said it discovered unauthorized activity on April 14 after a hacker used social engineering tactics to trick an employee and gain access to part of Carnival's IT systems.
Carnival said it quickly stopped the activity and launched an investigation with outside cybersecurity experts.
The investigation found that the hacker accessed personal information.
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