Discover Financial Services

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach due to an inadvertent disclosure, affecting 690 individuals, with 2 residents specifically impacted. The breach occurred between September 29, 2020 and November 15, 2020, and was reported on December 17, 2020.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c8541540-2bc8-4871-987a-2ea9c2c8ff62.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services

"id": "dis631072825",
"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 690,
                        'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'Discover Financial Services',
                        'type': 'Financial Services'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 690},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-17',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach due to '
                'an inadvertent disclosure, affecting 690 individuals, with 2 '
                'residents specifically impacted.',
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Discover Financial Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}