The California Office of the Attorney General reported on January 16, 2014, that American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. experienced a data breach that occurred on November 1, 2012. The breach potentially involved unauthorized access to data files containing American Express Card account numbers, names, and other card information, but Social Security numbers were not impacted.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43806
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
"id": "ame832072625",
"linkid": "american-express",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2012",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['American Express Card account '
'numbers',
'names',
'other card information']},
'date_detected': '2014-01-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-01-16',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
'January 16, 2014, that American Express Travel Related '
'Services Company, Inc. experienced a data breach that '
'occurred on November 1, 2012. The breach potentially involved '
'unauthorized access to data files containing American Express '
'Card account numbers, names, and other card information, but '
'Social Security numbers were not impacted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['American Express Card account numbers',
'names',
'other card information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-01-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}