Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is probing Carnival Corporation over a recent data breach that led to the personal information of an estimated 6 million individuals getting stolen, including more than 800,000 Texas citizens.
“On April 14, 2026, Carnival’s information technology security team identified unauthorized activity involving an employee account. Carnival determined that social-engineering techniques were used to deceive an employee and gain access to the company’s systems. As a result, the unauthorized actor obtained access to consumers’ personal information,” Paxton’s office said in a June 22 statement.
Carnival, the largest cruise company in the world, collects various types of personal information from customers when they engage with the company during travel bookings, communications, account creation, or participation in rewards programs. Such information includes names, dates of birth, payment information, contact information, driver’s license, health details, and passports….