American Express has warned its client that they may have had their personal info stolen during a information breach — which pass in 2013 .
The society explain to California ’s attorney general in alettersent on March 10th that a merchant put up a data breach . The first interlingual rendition of the letter sent to the lawyer general incorrectly trace the rupture as occurring at a third - party provider . It excuse that “ account information of some of our Card Members , include some of your invoice information , may have been involved . ”
The breach occurred on Saturday December 7th in 2013 . American Express alert customers as soon as it was made aware of the breach , and it does n’t yet know why the merchant in question did n’t inform it earlier .
But do n’t worry ! Because American Express reassure everyone by adding that “ it is significant to note that American Express owned or controlled system were not compromise by this incident . ” Well , thank good for that .
The credit card caller does say that it ’s supervise story for impostor . But break the time lags involved with possess up to the news , you ’d probably be well served keeping an eye on your explanation yourself .
Update : This post a has been amended after American Express bring forth in touch to assure us that the letter sent to California ’s attorney full general was actually incorrect . The datum breach was n’t of a third - political party , but a merchant . That also describe for the lag : American Express alerted client as soon as it was made aware of the breach .
[ DOJviaThreatPost ]
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