The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Discover Financial Services on January 18, 2013. The breach involved compromised Discover card account information, although no specifics on the method of breach or the number of affected individuals were provided.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-38694
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
"id": "dis521072725",
"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2013",
"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': '2013-01-18',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-01-18',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Discover Financial Services on January 18, '
'2013. The breach involved compromised Discover card account '
'information, although no specifics on the method of breach or '
'the number of affected individuals were provided.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Discover card account information'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-01-18',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Discover Financial Services',
'type': 'Data Breach'}