Cruise operator Carnival confirms nearly 6 million people were 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 membership details.
• ShinyHunters leaked data after failed ransom talks

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, said it began notifying people affected by the April ransomware attack, putting the number of victims at just under six million.

At the end of April this year, the company confirmed that it had suffered a supply chain attack and lost confidential data of millions of customers. As the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival operates multiple brands, including Holland America Line. It was this subsidiary that was attacked by the infamous ShinHunters collective, who listed it on their data breach site, claiming to have taken 8.7 million records.