Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2018

Filed

Dec 6, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD →2 incidents on file

Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring between April 4, 2018, and September 13, 2018. A phishing attack compromised employee email accounts, potentially exposing customer PII including SSNs, driver's licenses, medical records, and financial data. The company discovered the incident on October 22, 2018, notified the FBI, updated email controls, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 201 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Apr 4, 2018

Begins

Oct 22, 2018

Discovered

Dec 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3f31796a1c0ead622018-12-05 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_90f8f54230cb993d2018-12-05 · +1dVerified

Name: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
norm: royal caribbean cruises

Name: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
norm: royal caribbean cruises
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 4, 2018 – Sep 13, 2018
Undetected for: 201 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation of the incident
Taken steps to strengthen our protection of personal information, including updating email access controls
Continuing to closely monitor and take further steps as appropriate to safeguard such information
Notifying affected individuals
Offering a complimentary 12-month subscription to Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Updating email access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 5 · first

Montana State AG+1d · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Caribean-Cruises-LTD.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2018
Raw hash: b33548d774ec1af581f1fd3c91b15d188ce2e10e52d8893d29e7075482530a7d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD

Victim entityROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2018

Stated responseNotified the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov