MICHIGANPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 17, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

3,903

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan →3 incidents on file

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reported to HHS on 2015-03-17 a Theft affecting 3903 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The incident involved the theft of patient PHI (names, SSNs, DOB) for identity fraud. The entity implemented corrective actions including SSN masking and secure printing.

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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 17, 2015

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,903 affectedView incident

Name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
norm: blue cross blue shield of michigan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
norm: blue cross blue shield of michigan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,903nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE)OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media and affected individuals
Changes made: Masking social security numbers
Removing members’ dates of birth
Limiting search results to 25 records
Installing new printing devices that require employees to scan their coded badges when printing
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.

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 17, 2015
Raw hash: 3bfa495bf395b3667ad7ce3f9404059c01486a6dc8a31c7be143a6521237c2cb

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Reporting entityBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Victim entityBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the media and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing