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MalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)LowContained

California Physicians' Services d/b/a Blue Shield of California

bd_69ed9b1cc1204fca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 4, 2021

Filed

Dec 13, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Blue Shield of California notified members that its broker, OneDigital, detected a ransomware attack on January 20, 2021. Blue Shield learned of the incident on October 4, 2021. Protected health information including name, date of birth, subscriber ID, and health plan information may have been accessed. No evidence of actual access was found, but notification was sent as a precaution. One year of Experian IdentityWorks was offered.

California clockDiscovered Oct 4, 2021 → Notified Nov 23, 202150d ✓ CA 60-day OK10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 257 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Jan 20, 2021

Begins

Oct 4, 2021

Discovered

Dec 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Part of OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.