The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Discover Financial Services on July 20, 2016. The breach occurred on June 19, 2014, potentially affecting Discover card account information, though the exact number of affected individuals is unknown. The breach did not involve Discover's systems directly and led to the issuance of new cards with updated security features.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62954
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
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"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2014",
"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': '2014-06-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-07-20',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Discover Financial Services on July 20, '
'2016. The breach occurred on June 19, 2014, potentially '
'affecting Discover card account information, though the exact '
'number of affected individuals is unknown. The breach did not '
"involve Discover's systems directly and led to the issuance "
'of new cards with updated security features.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Discover card account information'},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Issuance of new cards with updated '
'security features'},
'title': 'Data Breach Involving Discover Financial Services',
'type': 'Data Breach'}