MARYLANDHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)CredentialsHighContained

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 20, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,300,000

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield →5 incidents on file

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield reported to HHS on 2015-05-20 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1300000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, usernames, email addresses, and dates of birth.

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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

May 20, 2015

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a170a3c85daf20492015-05-20Verified
California State AGbd_d3530dd6d928135a2015-05-20Verified

Name: CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
norm: carefirst blue cross blue shield
Domain: carefirst.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
norm: carefirst blue cross blue shield
Domain: carefirst.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,300,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Credentials
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 20 · first

California State AGMay 20 · first

HHS OCRMay 20 · 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: May 20, 2015
Raw hash: 13b7746f0ee8f1217c985fa3ca3dd24e7176eaf1f975fabf5f183136aebf6710

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

Victim entityCareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing