The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. on December 12, 2012. The breach occurred on November 1, 2010, and resulted in unauthorized access to a merchant's website, potentially compromising American Express Card account numbers, names, and expiration dates, but not Social Security numbers. The number of affected individuals is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-37221
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
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"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2010",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card account '
'numbers',
'names',
'expiration dates']},
'date_detected': '2012-12-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-12-12',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc. on December 12, 2012. The breach occurred on '
'November 1, 2010, and resulted in unauthorized access to a '
"merchant's website, potentially compromising American Express "
'Card account numbers, names, and expiration dates, but not '
'Social Security numbers. The number of affected individuals '
'is unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card account numbers',
'names',
'expiration dates']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-12-12',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Travel Related Services Company Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}