NORTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 14, 2015

Filed

Sep 11, 2015

To disclose

28 days

Affected

1,530

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina →5 incidents on file

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina reported to HHS on 2015-09-11 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1530 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Business associate EDM Americas accidentally sent invoices containing other members' PHI (names, addresses, account numbers, coverage dates, premiums) to members.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 14, 2015 → Notified Sep 11, 201528d ✓ HHS report on time28 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Aug 14, 2015

Discovered

Sep 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0962a81d1002d84f2015-09-11Candidate

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
norm: blue cross and blue shield of north carolina
Domain: bcbsnc.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
norm: blue cross and blue shield of north carolina
Domain: bcbsnc.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 14, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,530nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Third party: via EDM Americasbusiness associate

During the incident: The CE provided breach notification to HHS, on its website and to the media
The BA sent individual notification on behalf of the CE
The BA retrained its staff and revised its internal validation and quality control procedures
Changes made: Retrained its staff and revised its internal validation and quality control procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 28dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 14, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 11, 2015
28d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 14, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 11, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 14, 2015 → Notified: Sep 11, 2015	28d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 14, 2015 → Notified: Sep 11, 2015	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 11 · first

HHS OCRSep 11 · 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: Sep 11, 2015
Raw hash: 8b6677ef32245d3c6d81c9f3719dc2d4d2a8c46fab3a146c089e5d6370917458

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Victim entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2015

Stated responseThe CE provided breach notification to HHS, on its website and to the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing