Premera Blue Cross

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Premera Blue Cross on July 18, 2022. The breach, which occurred due to a ransomware attack that initiated on April 27, 2022, potentially affected 1,314 individuals, including 1,303 residents of Washington State. Personal Health Information (PHI) such as names, member IDs, and medical information may have been compromised.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=13591

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/premera-blue-cross

"id": "pre103072725",
"linkid": "premera-blue-cross",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "4/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1314,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Premera Blue Cross',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1314,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'member IDs'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['PHI']},
 'date_detected': '2022-04-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-07-18',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Premera Blue Cross on July 18, 2022. '
                'The breach, which occurred due to a ransomware attack that '
                'initiated on April 27, 2022, potentially affected 1,314 '
                'individuals, including 1,303 residents of Washington State. '
                'Personal Health Information (PHI) such as names, member IDs, '
                'and medical information may have been compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'member IDs', 'medical information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-07-18',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Premera Blue Cross Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}