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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 Shiny hunters,a hacking group.

Watch for emails pretending to be from Carnival. Scammers may try to trick you with a l “verify your account” message. Delete it or trash it. Go to the source yourself.Per the Maine Attorney General about 6 million accounts were on the stolen customer list.

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