The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach on October 27, 2015, with the report published on September 23, 2016. The breach involved Discover card account information, but specific details about the number of affected individuals and the method of breach are unclear.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64013
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/discover-financial-services
"id": "dis714072525",
"linkid": "discover-financial-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2015",
"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': '2015-10-27',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-09-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Discover Financial Services experienced a data breach on '
'October 27, 2015, with the report published on September 23, '
'2016. The breach involved Discover card account information, '
'but specific details about the number of affected individuals '
'and the method of breach are unclear.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Discover card account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-09-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Discover Financial Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}