The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach affecting American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and/or its Affiliates on August 27, 2013. The breach occurred on January 17, 2012, involving unauthorized access to a merchant's website, potentially exposing American Express Card account numbers and other card information. The number of affected individuals is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42562
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame706080425",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2012",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc. and/or its Affiliates',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card account '
'numbers',
'Other card information']},
'date_detected': '2012-01-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-08-27',
'description': "Unauthorized access to a merchant's website, potentially "
'exposing American Express Card account numbers and other card '
'information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card account numbers',
'Other card information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-08-27',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}