Cruise line Carnival confirms nearly 6 million people affected by data breach

• Carnival confirmed that its April ransomware attack affected 5,995,277 people.
• The stolen data included names, dates of birth, genders and member details.
• ShinyHunters leaked the data after ransom negotiations failed

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line, said it had begun notifying those affected by the April ransomware attack, putting the number of victims at just under six million.

In late April this year, the company confirmed that it had suffered an attack on its supply chain and lost sensitive data on millions of customers. As the world’s largest cruise line, Carnival operates several brands, including Holland America Line. It was this subsidiary that was hit by the infamous ShinHunters collective, which listed it on its data leak site, claiming to have recovered 8.7 million records.