"Credit Card Data of 10,000 American Express Accounts Posted on Darknet Forum for Free"
The threat intelligence analyst Bank Security has brought attention to the leakage of data belonging to over 10,000 American Express Mexico-based credit cardholders by a threat actor on an underground hacking forum. The same threat actor also claimed to have data of Mexican banking customers of Santander and Banamex. According to Bank Security, the leaked data contains credit card numbers, names, phone numbers, full addresses, birth dates, membership reward details, and other personally identifiable information (PII). American Express released a statement, saying that its card members will not be held liable for any fraudulent charges on their accounts. The card company also stated that sophisticated monitoring systems and internal safeguards have been implemented to detect fraudulent and suspicious activities. The leaked data could be used in the performance of phishing attacks and tele-calling scams. This article continues to discuss the leaked sample data set of records that expose sensitive information about Mexico-based American Express credit cardholders, the card company's response to this discovery, the malicious activities that could be performed using this data, and how American Express cardholders can protect themselves.