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Crime & Safety

The Newest Scam To Invade Corporate Databases Involves Social Engineering

A caller sweet talked a Carnival Cruise employee into giving up a link. Carnival is covering two years of identity protection because your

passport and personal data was taken by a hackers,called Shiny hunters a hacking group.

Watch for emails pretending to be from Carnival. Scammers feast on breaches like this. Any “verify your account” message goes straight to the trash. Go to the source yourself.

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