Carnival, which owns 10 global cruise line brands and a tour company, employs more than 120,000 people and has a fleet of 102 ships. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the company to suspend operations, Carnival served more than 11 million guests per year.
In mid-August, the company announced that it detected a ransomware attack that resulted not only in some of its systems being encrypted, but also in the unauthorized download of some files.
