The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates on December 29, 2013. The breach involved the recovery of American Express Card account information, specifically card numbers and names, but Social Security numbers were not impacted. The exact number of affected individuals is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43655
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame346072825",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2013",
"severity": "60",
"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 numbers', 'names']},
'date_detected': '2013-12-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-12-29',
'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 December 29, 2013. The '
'breach involved the recovery of American Express Card account '
'information, specifically card numbers and names, but Social '
'Security numbers were not impacted. The exact number of '
'affected individuals is unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['card numbers', 'names']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-12-29',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}