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Carnival Corporation has been compromised by a ransomware attack that occurred on August 15, which the company says “has access to part of a system of information technology systems and encrypted.”
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“Based on its preliminary assessment and current information (in particular that the incident occurred in a part of a market’s information technology systems), the company does not believe that the incident will have a material impact on its business,” operations as financial results, “the company wrote in an SEC filing. “However, we expect the security incident to involve unauthorized access to personal data of guests and staff, which could result in potential claims by guests, staff, shareholders, or regulatory agencies.”
The company added that although internal research has found no IT systems from another company have been compromised so far, “there can be no guarantee that other information technology systems from the other company’s markets will not be adversely affected. . “
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Carnival notes that it “works with leading cybersecurity companies in the industry to respond immediately to the threat, defend the company’s enterprise technology systems and implement sanitation.”
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCL | CARNIVAL CORP. | 14.68 | -0.79 | -5.11% |
It was not immediately clear how many guests and staff could potentially be affected. A spokesman for Carnival Corporation declined to comment to FOX Business on its ongoing investigation into the attack.
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