The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Discover Financial Services on January 25, 2019. The breach occurred on August 13, 2018, and involved Discover card account information, although the specific types of data exposed are unknown. Affected individuals were issued new cards as a precaution against potential fraud.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-144129
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
"id": "dis406072525",
"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"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': '2019-01-25',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-01-25',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Discover Financial Services on January 25, '
'2019. The breach occurred on August 13, 2018, and involved '
'Discover card account information, although the specific '
'types of data exposed are unknown. Affected individuals were '
'issued new cards as a precaution against potential fraud.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Discover card account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-01-25',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Issued new cards to affected '
'individuals']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Discover Financial Services',
'type': 'Data Breach'}