Carnival Corp., already hit with a complete halt of business since April due to the coronavirus pandemic, is the latest major company to reveal the discovery of a ransomware attack.

The company reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an 8-K filing Monday that it had detected a ransomware attack on Aug. 15 that โ€œincluded unauthorized access to personal data of guests and employees.โ€

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