HackingTransportation & LogisticsHospitalityTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Carnival Corporation Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Oct 13, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Carnival Corporation Ltd. →6 incidents on file

Carnival Corporation and plc reported a cyber event where an unauthorized third party accessed IT systems. The breach occurred on August 4, 2020, and was detected on August 15, 2020. Affected data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, and potentially Social Security numbers and health information for guests, employees, and crew. The company contained the intrusion, engaged forensic investigators, and notified law enforcement. This is a substitute notice providing updates and resources for international residents.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2020 → Notified Oct 13, 202059d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Aug 4, 2020

Begins

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Oct 13, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3e8eae6632241b152020-10-13Verified
Delaware State AGbd_f98a16396915c9b32020-10-13Verified
Oregon State AGbd_793b80455e0891bd2020-10-16 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c249343bcb91747d2020-10-16 · +3dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 417d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e40607437aac5a3d2020-10-18 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4e0ccec4f7c6c50c2020-10-20 · +7dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_d7516eeb9dc1ce1f2020-10-20 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_1c52d20f405628ca2021-02-04 · +114dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_e101d74749d2c0772020-01-01 · +286dCandidate
Delaware State AGbd_1c3ab84ff5393d162021-12-04 · +417dVerified

Name: Carnival Corporation Ltd.
norm: carnival
Domain: carnivalcorp.com

Name: Carnival Corporation Ltd.
norm: carnival
Domain: carnivalcorp.com
Industry: Transportation & LogisticsllmHospitalityllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2020
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified appropriate regulators of the event

During the incident: Shut down the intrusion
Restored operations
Prevented further unauthorized access
Engaged a major cybersecurity firm to investigate the matter
Notified law enforcement and appropriate regulators of the event
Issued a news release
Posted website notices
Established a dedicated call center to answer questions regarding the event
Offering complimentary credit monitoring, as appropriate
Changes made: Reviewing security and privacy policies and procedures
Implementing changes when needed to enhance information security and privacy controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 59d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 15, 2020
→ Notified: Oct 13, 2020
59d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 15, 2020 → Notified: Oct 13, 2020	59d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+286d

Delaware State AG+286d

California State AG+286d · this page

Oregon State AG+289d

Maine State AG+289d

Massachusetts State AG+291d

New Hampshire State AG+293d

South Carolina State AG+293d

California State AG+400d

Delaware State AG+703d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 4 (DE) — a 703-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195063
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 13, 2020
Raw hash: 1c4b796243cde041dd21122a198b512a1034c8d0dcea09537e4f46a303dab221

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarnival Corporation Ltd.

Victim entityCarnival Corporation Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2020

Stated responseShut down the intrusion

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov