American Express

An unknown hacker leaked the personal data of about 10,000 American Express credit cardholders.

The leaked data include account numbers, names, full addresses, phone numbers, date of birth, gender, and other personally identifiable information.

Amex immediately took action and alerted the affected customers to be alerted for any fraudulent activities.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-posts-data-of-10-000-american-express-accounts-for-free/

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

"id": "ame234915422",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '10,000',
                        'industry': 'Credit Card Services',
                        'name': 'American Express',
                        'type': 'Financial Services'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unknown',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '10,000',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Account numbers',
                                                         'Names',
                                                         'Full addresses',
                                                         'Phone numbers',
                                                         'Date of birth',
                                                         'Gender'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'An unknown hacker leaked the personal data of about 10,000 '
                'American Express credit cardholders. The leaked data include '
                'account numbers, names, full addresses, phone numbers, date '
                'of birth, gender, and other personally identifiable '
                'information. Amex immediately took action and alerted the '
                'affected customers to be alerted for any fraudulent '
                'activities.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Account numbers',
                                 'Names',
                                 'Full addresses',
                                 'Phone numbers',
                                 'Date of birth',
                                 'Gender']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Alerted affected customers to monitor '
                                        'for fraudulent activities'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown Hacker',
 'title': 'American Express Data Leak',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}