The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. on July 22, 2015. The breach involved unauthorized access to a payment processing system, leading to potential access of account information for some Card Members, including names and addresses, but not Social Security numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-57120
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame441072725",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2015",
"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': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names', 'Addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Addresses']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-07-22',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to a payment processing system, '
'potentially exposing account information for some Card '
'Members, including names and addresses, but not Social '
'Security numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Addresses'],
'systems_affected': ['Payment Processing System']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Travel Related Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}