CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Blue Shield of California

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,519

Confidence

69%

Blue Shield of California reported to HHS on 2021-11-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1519 individuals. A business associate experienced a ransomware attack compromising PHI (names, DOB, SSN) located on a network server. The CE provided credit monitoring and implemented safeguards.

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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

Nov 19, 2021

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,519 affectedView incident

Name: Blue Shield of California
norm: blue shield of california
Domain: blueshieldca.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Shield of California
norm: blue shield of california
Domain: blueshieldca.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,519nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the importance of training and retraining after a security incident

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data
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: Nov 19, 2021
Raw hash: 4311572bde206f439a06f0789f0287ef8d58983976f8a49eaf6085ec3721df64

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Reporting entityBlue Shield of California

Victim entityBlue Shield of California

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing