Premera Blue Cross

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Premera Blue Cross experienced a data breach due to a sophisticated cyberattack, which was discovered on January 29, 2015. The breach potentially exposed personal information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information, but the exact number of affected individuals is not specified. Premera is providing two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to those affected.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48870

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

"id": "pre742072525",
"linkid": "premera-blue-cross",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "5/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Premera Blue Cross',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'bank account information']},
 'date_detected': '2015-01-29',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Premera Blue Cross experienced a data breach due to a '
                'sophisticated cyberattack, which was discovered on January '
                '29, 2015. The breach potentially exposed personal information '
                'including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank '
                'account information, but the exact number of affected '
                'individuals is not specified. Premera is providing two years '
                'of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection '
                'services to those affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'bank account information']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Premera Blue Cross Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}