NYDFS penalizes Carnival $5M for cybersecurity failures
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Jeff Dale2022-06-27T16:18:00
The New York State Department of Financial Services announced a $5 million penalty against Carnival Corp. for “significant” cybersecurity failures, including not implementing basic protocols to prevent four separate data breaches from 2019-21.
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