Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Alabama suffered a data breach incident that affected around 8,700 individuals connected to the organization.

The exposed information included contact and demographic information, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and financial information.

BCBS however, notified all the impacted individuals affected by the breach.

Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/healthcare-orgs-continue-to-report-impacts-of-recent-third-party-data-breaches

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/blue-cross-blue-shield-of-alabama

"id": "blu2255251222",
"linkid": "blue-cross-blue-shield-of-alabama",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '8,700',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Alabama',
                        'name': 'Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Provider'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'BCBS notified all the impacted individuals affected '
                        'by the breach.',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '8,700',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['contact and '
                                                         'demographic '
                                                         'information',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['contact and demographic '
                                              'information',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'clinical information',
                                              'financial information']},
 'description': 'Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Alabama suffered a data '
                'breach incident that affected around 8,700 individuals '
                'connected to the organization.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['contact and demographic information',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'clinical information',
                                 'financial information']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'BCBS notified all the impacted '
                                        'individuals affected by the breach.'},
 'title': 'Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}