American Express Company

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at American Express Company on November 2, 2014. The breach, reported on May 1, 2015, compromised customer account information, including names, card account numbers, and card expiration dates. Social Security numbers were not impacted.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-55783

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express

"id": "ame232080525",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'American Express Company',
                        'type': 'Financial Services'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                              'card account numbers',
                                              'card expiration dates']},
 'date_detected': '2014-11-02',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-05-01',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'American Express Company experienced a data breach on '
                'November 2, 2014, affecting customer account information. The '
                'breach notification was reported on May 1, 2015, with '
                'compromised information potentially including customer names, '
                'card account numbers, and card expiration dates, while Social '
                'Security numbers were not impacted.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer names',
                                 'card account numbers',
                                 'card expiration dates']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}