Regence BlueShield

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Regence experienced a data breach involving the accidental inclusion of Social Security numbers in envelopes mailed to 642 Washington residents on July 25, 2019. The breach was discovered on July 26, 2019, and prompted a notification sent on August 16, 2019, with no evidence of unauthorized use of the information reported.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10505

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/regence-blueshield-of-washington

"id": "reg358072625",
"linkid": "regence-blueshield-of-washington",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2019",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 642,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Regence',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Accidental Inclusion of Sensitive Data',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 642,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2019-07-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-08-16',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'that Regence experienced a data breach involving the '
                'accidental inclusion of Social Security numbers in envelopes '
                'mailed to 642 Washington residents on July 25, 2019. The '
                'breach was discovered on July 26, 2019, and prompted a '
                'notification sent on August 16, 2019, with no evidence of '
                'unauthorized use of the information reported.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification sent to affected '
                                        'individuals'},
 'title': 'Regence Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}