The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates on February 23, 2016. The breach involved illegally obtained personal and account information that may have included Card Members' account numbers and personal details; however, the exact information compromised is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60171
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame157072825",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2016",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ["Card Members' account numbers",
'personal details']},
'date_detected': '2016-02-23',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-02-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates on February 23, 2016. The '
'breach involved illegally obtained personal and account '
"information that may have included Card Members' account "
'numbers and personal details; however, the exact information '
'compromised is currently unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Card Members' account numbers",
'personal details']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-02-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Travel Related Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}