Blue Shield of California

A Blue Shield of California broker, Team Alvarez Insurance Services, suffered from a data security breach that exposed 2,858 Blue Shield members' data.

The compromised information includes names and health insurance information, health plan member ID number, date of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses.

No Blue Shield member's social security numbers or credit card information was affected.

Blue Shield systems and emails were never affected or vulnerable to this attack.

Blue Shield offered a free year of Experian credit monitoring and identity theft protection in letters to members who the incident might have impacted.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/blue-shield-of-california-insurance-broker-victim-of-ransomware-attack/

"id": "BLU735271222",
"linkid": "blue-shield-of-california",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"