Carnival Cruise lines, reeling since the start of the global pandemic, has a new problem. Recently, the company disclosed that they were the victims of a ransomware attack.

The company gave no clear indication which of their brands was impacted, how widespread the damage was, how many guest records were stolen, or any other useful data points.

Their disclosure reads, in part, as follows:

"On August 15, 2020, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc (together, the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") 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.

...we expect 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."

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