The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach on June 21, 2015, and reported the incident on September 23, 2016. The data involved was Discover card account information, but the specific types of data compromised are unknown. To mitigate risk, Discover is issuing new cards to affected users.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64014
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
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"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"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': '2015-06-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-09-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach on June '
'21, 2015, and reported the incident on September 23, 2016. '
'The data involved was Discover card account information, but '
'the specific types of data compromised are unknown. To '
'mitigate risk, Discover is issuing new cards to affected '
'users.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Discover card account information'},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Issuing new cards to affected users'},
'title': 'Discover Financial Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}