The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. on January 7, 2016. The breach occurred on October 18, 2014, involving unauthorized access to merchant data files that potentially included customer names, American Express Card account numbers, and expiration dates. The exact number of affected individuals and other specific details are unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-59525
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express
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"type": "Breach",
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"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
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'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
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'numbers',
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'date_detected': '2016-01-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-01-07',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to merchant data files that potentially '
'included customer names, American Express Card account '
'numbers, and expiration dates.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer names',
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'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-01-07',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Travel Related Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}