The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Discover Financial Services on July 21, 2017. The breach occurred on October 22, 2014, and involved Discover card account information, although the specific types of information compromised are unclear. The organization responded by issuing new cards to reduce the possibility of fraud.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-100472
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
"id": "dis014072625",
"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2014",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Discover Financial Services',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Discover card account '
'information']},
'date_detected': '2017-07-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-07-21',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Discover Financial Services on July 21, '
'2017. The breach occurred on October 22, 2014, and involved '
'Discover card account information, although the specific '
'types of information compromised are unclear. The '
'organization responded by issuing new cards to reduce the '
'possibility of fraud.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Discover card account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-07-21',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Issuing new cards']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Discover Financial Services',
'type': 'Data Breach'}