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Cruise line giant Carnival Corp. suffers ransomware attack, customer data accessed

Carnival boasts over 100 vessels operating under its ten different brands, including the popular Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O, and Cunard Line.

It has notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission of the attack, revealing that hackers accessed a portion of one of its brands IT systems. It added that the perpetrators were able to download certain of our data files, and likely compromised the personal data of guests and employees.

Promptly upon its detection of the security event, the company launched an investigation and notified law enforcement and engaged legal counsel and other incident-response professionals, Carnival said.

The company said it is working with industry-leading cybersecurity firms to deal with the situation and beef up its systems. While just one unnamed brand was targeted, Carnival said it could not guarantee that other brands were not affected.

The cruise industry is one of many to have been devastated by Covid-19, with canceled voyages, disruptions, and delays to ship deliveries.

It's already resulted in Spanish cruise operator Pullmantur Cruises, which is partly owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises, shutting down.

Based on its preliminary assessment and on the information currently known , the company does not believe the incident will have a material impact on its business, operations or financial results, it said.

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