Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan experienced a data breach incident related to a sub-contractor that works with one of Blue Shield’s third-party vendors.
The breach leaked: names, subscriber ID numbers, diagnoses, medications, addresses, dates of birth, sex, advance directives, family history, social history, allergies, vitals, immunizations, encounter data, assessment ID numbers, and assessment dates.
Blue Shield investigated the incident and notified all the impacted individuals about the breach.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blue-shield-of-california-promise-4839030/
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"id": "blu172920722",
"linkid": "blue-shield-of-california",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Blue Shield of California',
'type': 'Health Plan'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Health Information']},
'description': 'Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan experienced a '
'data breach incident related to a sub-contractor that works '
'with one of Blue Shield’s third-party vendors. The breach '
'leaked: names, subscriber ID numbers, diagnoses, medications, '
'addresses, dates of birth, sex, advance directives, family '
'history, social history, allergies, vitals, immunizations, '
'encounter data, assessment ID numbers, and assessment dates.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'subscriber ID numbers',
'diagnoses',
'medications',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'sex',
'advance directives',
'family history',
'social history',
'allergies',
'vitals',
'immunizations',
'encounter data',
'assessment ID numbers',
'assessment dates']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Blue Shield investigated the incident '
'and notified all the impacted '
'individuals about the breach.'},
'title': 'Blue Shield of California Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}