PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcarePublishing ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIMediumResolved

Independence Blue Cross, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 19, 2018

Filed

Sep 17, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

16,762

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Independence Blue Cross, LLC →4 incidents on file

On July 19, 2018, Independence Blue Cross, LLC learned that an employee had uploaded a file containing demographic, clinical, and health claims information for approximately 16,762 subscribers to a public-facing website. The file was accessible from April 23, 2018, to July 20, 2018. The company removed the file, initiated an investigation, notified affected individuals, and offered credit monitoring services.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 weeks 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

undetected · 87 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 23, 2018

Begins

Jul 19, 2018

Discovered

Sep 17, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16,762 affectedView incident

Name: Independence Blue Cross, LLC
norm: independence blue cross
Domain: ibx.com
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Independence Blue Cross, LLC
norm: independence blue cross
Domain: ibx.com
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 19, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2018 – Jul 20, 2018
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16,762nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Removed the file from the website
Engaged a forensics investigation firm
Changes made: Offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented corrective actions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Jul 19, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 19, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 19, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 19, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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 17, 2018
Raw hash: 237751192c81fec8410f6f482c9251f29cff8d72bb10fe8beacc6e9f7bcb98ce

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Reporting entityIndependence Blue Cross, LLC

Victim entityIndependence Blue Cross, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 19, 2018

Stated responseRemoved the file from the website

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing