California Physicians' Services d/b/a Blue Shield of California

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving California Physicians' Services d/b/a Blue Shield of California on December 13, 2021. The breach occurred on January 20, 2021, due to a ransomware attack affecting protected health information, including names, dates of birth, subscriber ID numbers, and health plan information of an unknown number of individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-548504

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/blue-shield-of-california

"id": "blu1029072725",
"linkid": "blue-shield-of-california",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': "California Physicians' Services d/b/a Blue "
                                'Shield of California',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'subscriber ID numbers',
                                              'health plan information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-01-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-12-13',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                "breach involving California Physicians' Services d/b/a Blue "
                'Shield of California on December 13, 2021. The breach '
                'occurred on January 20, 2021, due to a ransomware attack '
                'affecting protected health information, including names, '
                'dates of birth, subscriber ID numbers, and health plan '
                'information of an unknown number of individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'subscriber ID numbers',
                                 'health plan information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-12-13',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Blue Shield of California Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}