On December 4, 2013, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a breach by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc and/or its Affiliates (AXP), which occurred on February 10, 2013. The breach involved unauthorized access to a merchant's data files, exposing American Express Card account numbers and other card information of customers, but not Social Security numbers. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43422
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame411072725",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2013",
"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 (AXP)',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card account '
'numbers',
'Other card information']},
'date_detected': '2013-12-04',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-12-04',
'description': "Unauthorized access to a merchant's data files, exposing "
'American Express Card account numbers and other card '
'information of customers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card account numbers',
'Other card information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-12-04',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}