CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Health (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

California Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 5, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1,553

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

96%

California Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California reported to HHS on 2023-04-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,553 individuals. The breach occurred at a subcontractor of the covered entity's business associate, impacting PHI stored on a network server. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, and addresses. The CE severed connections to affected servers, implemented additional technical safeguards, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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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

Apr 5, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_ee6a7f6e4dfb6cfd2023-04-04 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_970492f4cf7c2d6f2023-03-31 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7469869418d10b622023-03-27 · +9dVerified

Name: California Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California
norm: Blue Shield of California
Domain: blueshieldca.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: California Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California
norm: Blue Shield of California
Domain: blueshieldca.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Also named: California Physicians' Servicesdba oflegal entity
Blue Shield of Californiadba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,553nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCR

During the incident: Severed connection with servers affected by the breach
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Severed connection with affected servers
Implemented additional technical 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 · 4 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGMar 27 · first

California State AG+4d

HHS OCR+8d

HHS OCR+9d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 27 (ME), last Apr 5 (CA) — a 9-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: Apr 5, 2023
Raw hash: 5399919c49128feac53673d5e3da8d189016300f04f26be0dfa51578d44f1fd2

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCalifornia Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California

Victim entityCalifornia Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSevered connection with servers affected by the breach

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing