On September 25, 2015, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. The breach occurred on May 19, 2014, and unauthorized access to customer data files was detected, potentially exposing American Express Card account numbers and other related information. No Social Security numbers were impacted, and no fraudulent activity has been detected on affected accounts.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-57991
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame518080425",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2014",
"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.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card account '
'numbers',
'Other related information']},
'date_detected': '2014-05-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-09-25',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to customer data files was detected, '
'potentially exposing American Express Card account numbers '
'and other related information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card account numbers',
'Other related information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-09-25',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}