Carnival data breach: Personal information compromised in social engineering attack

The Carnival Corporation said it was reaching out to impacted customers. It’s unclear how many people are affected.

WASHINGTON — Carnival Corporation is contacting customers whose personal information was compromised in April due to a cybersecurity incident, the company announced May 27. 

The breach, first detected on April 14, was triggered not by a sophisticated technical hack but after an employee was reportedly deceived, according to a news release from the company.

“An unauthorized actor used social engineering to deceive an employee to gain access to a limited portion of the company’s IT system,” the

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