TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

1,340

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC. →11 incidents on file

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-12-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1340 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A business associate employee was victim of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and treatment info.

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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

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

—

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6a02398a618749ad2020-12-18Verified

Name: BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee
Domain: bcbst.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee
Domain: bcbst.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,340nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The CE notified HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
The BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI
All employees were retrained on the proper methods of detecting and responding to fraudulent email communications
OCR provided the CE with technical assistance
Changes made: The BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI
All employees were retrained on the proper methods of detecting and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 2 states

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Maine State AGDec 18 · first

HHS OCRDec 18 · 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: Dec 18, 2020
Raw hash: 9ef7173f53c88ff068507382a76f5079eb3b0ecad91636e01c45e6ea68109394

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

Victim entityBLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing