American Express customer card data leaked via third-party supplier
American Express customers' names, credit card numbers and expiry dates were leaked through a hack of a third-party payment processor. American Express warned customers about the data breach at the third-party supplier.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- American Express
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer names, credit card numbers and expiry dates
- Cause / method
- Hack of a third-party merchant payment processor
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameCard details
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognise, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
Timeline
- It was reported that American Express customer data had been exposed through a breach at a third-party supplier.
- American Express warned customers about a card data breach at a third-party supplier.
- It was reported that the leaked information included customer names, credit card numbers and expiry dates.
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