NORTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 24, 2015

Filed

Sep 11, 2015

To disclose

18 days

Affected

807

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina →5 incidents on file

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina reported to HHS on 2015-09-11 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 807 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The entity accidentally sent payment letters containing other members' PHI.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 24, 2015 → Notified Sep 11, 201518d ✓ HHS report on time18 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Aug 24, 2015

Discovered

Sep 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_84a4ce7223d18ebe2015-09-11Candidate

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
norm: blue cross and blue shield of north carolina
Domain: bcbsnc.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
norm: blue cross and blue shield of north carolina
Domain: bcbsnc.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 24, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2015
Affected individuals: 807nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Revised its mailing procedures to implement a two-step verification process before material is mailed
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented a two-step verification process before material is mailed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 18dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 24, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 11, 2015
18d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 24, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 11, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 24, 2015 → Notified: Sep 11, 2015	18d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 24, 2015 → Notified: Sep 11, 2015	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 11 · first

HHS OCRSep 11 · first · this page

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: Sep 11, 2015
Raw hash: 5704b9196a86b1e2c595ed48a79f775346a311f9ed79f9f95b9f3bac23059289

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Victim entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2015

Stated responseRevised its mailing procedures to implement a two-step verification process before material is mailed

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing