The California Office of the Attorney General reported on July 25, 2014, that American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. experienced a data breach wherein American Express Card information, including account numbers and names, was recovered during a law enforcement investigation. The specific date of the breach is not available, and no Social Security numbers were compromised.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46023
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2014",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
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'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card '
'information',
'account numbers',
'names']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-07-25',
'description': 'American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. '
'experienced a data breach wherein American Express Card '
'information, including account numbers and names, was '
'recovered during a law enforcement investigation.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card information',
'account numbers',
'names']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-07-25',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True},
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}