TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 5, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,251

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc. →

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc. d/b/a BlueCare Plus Tennessee reported to HHS on 2024-03-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,251 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The cyber-attack compromised PHI including names, DOB, addresses, claims, financial info, diagnoses, and treatment data. The entity implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 5, 2024

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_4eca06200ff87ccc2024-02-15 · +19dCandidate

Name: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee inc and volunteer state health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee inc and volunteer state health plan
Also named: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.dba oflegal entity
BlueCare Plus Tennesseedba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,251nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical and security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRFeb 15 · first

HHS OCR+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 15 (TN), last Mar 5 (TN) — a 19-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2024
Raw hash: 9a30057cd541ef875dd0ca2240be2a584dd9055a78cbdbae04e99c396d1dbc6b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.

Victim entityBlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing