The California Office of the Attorney General reported on January 7, 2014, that American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates experienced a data breach involving the recovery of American Express Card information. The breach included card account numbers and names but did not compromise Social Security numbers, and no specific number of individuals affected was provided.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43737
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame306072725",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2014",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'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 account numbers', 'names']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-01-07',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
'January 7, 2014, that American Express Travel Related '
'Services Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates experienced a '
'data breach involving the recovery of American Express Card '
'information. The breach included card account numbers and '
'names but did not compromise Social Security numbers, and no '
'specific number of individuals affected was provided.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['card account numbers', 'names']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-01-07',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}