Carnival CorporationTexas AG investigates Carnival over data breach affecting 6 million people, potentially violating state data protection laws.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening an investigation into Carnival Corporation over an April data breach that compromised the personal data of more than 6 million people. The Civil Investigative Demand will determine if Carnival adequately safeguarded the personal information of the 800,000 Texans impacted by the breach and whether the company maintained reasonable procedures to protect this sensitive information as required by Texas law. In mid-April, Carnival’s information technology security team identified a breach in which an employee account was compromised, exposing names, contact information, dates of birth, payment information, passport and driver’s license information, and health information. Carnival officially reported the event on May 27 and began sending notifications to impacted passengers offering two free years of credit monitoring.
Carnival CorporationTexas AG investigates Carnival over data breach affecting 6 million people, potentially violating state data protection laws.