AG Paxton Investigating Carnival Cruise Over Data Breach That Impacted 6 Million People

The Carnival Splendor cruise ship sails in Sydney Harbour with the skyline in the background in Sydney in the state of New South Wales in southeastern Australia on Feb. 13, 2025. Véronique Tournier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is probing Carnival Corporation over a recent data breach that led to the personal information of an estimated 6 million individuals getting stolen, including more than 800,000 Texas citizens.

“On April 14, 2026, Carnival’s information technology security team identified unauthorized activity involving an employee account. Carnival determined that social-engineering techniques were used to deceive an employee and gain access to the company’s systems. As a result, the unauthorized actor obtained access to consumers’ personal information,” Paxton’s office said in a June 22 statement.