'They don't care': ShinyHunters strike again as hackers claim to have pinched 7.5 million Carnival cruise emails

Date:
Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:10:00 +0000

Description:
The biggest cruise company in the world has suffered a supply chain attack after one of its subsidiaries got hit.

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now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Join the club Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Carnival confirmed a supplychain breach affecting its Holland America Line loyalty program, with millions of customer records exposed ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, leaking 8.7 million records including personal details and millions of unique email addresses Carnival acknowledges incident and notifies authorities, but downplays scope, describing it as a phishing compromise of a single account Carnival Corporation has confirmed suffering a supply-chain attack which resulted in the loss of sensitive data belonging to millions of customers.

As the worlds largest cruise company, Carnival operates multiple brands which run passenger cruise ships and offer leisure travel options. One of its subsidiaries is Holland America Line, a premium cruise line that operates mid-sized ships, and has a loyalty program called Mariner Society. The infamous ShinyHunters collective added Holland America Line to its data leak website, claiming to have taken 8.7 million records, including names, dates
of birth, genders, and membership status details. Article continues below You may like ShinyHunters exposes data on Mytheresa, Zara, Carnival, 7-Eleven over 40 organizations tied up in new data trove which will stay up 'indefinitely' Top Las Vegas hotel is the latest ShinyHunters ransomware victim - hackers demand $1.5 million to not leak data Eurail confirms stolen traveler data is on sale in the dark web - and it still doesn't know who is behind the attack Confirming the breach The hackers apparetly leaked the data because Holland America Line never bothered to discuss a ransom payment:

"The company failed to reach an agreement with us despite our incredible patience," the group allegedly said. "They don't care."

In those 8.7 million records, there were at least 7.5 million unique email addresses, breach database Have I Been Pwned? noted.

In a statement given to Cruise Hive , Carnival said it acted quickly to shut down the attack, as soon as it was spotted, and made sure the intruders
stayed out, before it also notified police. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me
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Data privacy and protection are extremely important to Carnival Corporation and were working closely with trusted global security experts to be
thoughtful and deliberate in our review of the data involved, recognizing
that anonymous reports circulating online are not always accurate, a spokesperson said.

If we determine personal information was affected, we will follow all disclosure requirements and communicate directly with any impacted individuals."

The company allegedly severely downplayed the importance of the incident, telling Have I Been Pwned? that the breach involved a phishing track against
a single user account.

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