American Express International Inc. said Wednesday it has learned of 77 cases of illicit use of data on Amex credit cards issued in Japan, resulting in a total loss of about 19 million yen, in connection with the massive credit card data theft in the United States.
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Tuesday that total losses from the credit card data theft at CardSystems Solutions Inc. had reached about 111 million yen in Japan. With the information from American Express, the losses in Japan now total some 130 million yen, involving 822 cases of credit card data abuse.