Blue Shield of California

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Blue Shield of California experienced a data breach between January 28, 2023 and January 31, 2023, due to an external system breach (hacking) involving its subcontractor Fortra. The breach potentially affected approximately 63,341 individuals, including 44 residents of Maine, exposing their personal information such as names, addresses, and birthdates. Blue Shield is offering one year of complimentary identity theft protection services.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a3a95e77-413a-419a-9a61-b999ed785bbf.shtml

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

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"linkid": "blue-shield-of-california",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 63341,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Blue Shield of California',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 63341,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'birthdates'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-28',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Blue '
                'Shield of California experienced a data breach between '
                'January 28, 2023 and January 31, 2023, due to an external '
                'system breach (hacking) involving its subcontractor Fortra. '
                'The breach potentially affected approximately 63,341 '
                'individuals, including 44 residents of Maine, exposing their '
                'personal information such as names, addresses, and '
                'birthdates. Blue Shield is offering one year of complimentary '
                'identity theft protection services.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'addresses', 'birthdates'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Blue Shield of California Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}