Carnival Corporation – the world’s largest cruise operator – has confirmed a digital heist, a month after hacking crew ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen millions of customers’ records.
The breach, Carnival confirmed, stemmed from an April 14 social engineering attack on an employee, though the company declined to comment on the scale or name ShinyHunters.
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Source: The Register
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