NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareLossBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 22, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

725

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York →

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York (acting as a Business Associate) reported to HHS on 2013-01-22 a Theft/Loss incident affecting 725 individuals. The BA mailed monthly premium invoices containing PHI (names, member ID numbers, SSNs) that were never received by the covered entity. Breached information was located on Paper/Films. The BA contacted the U.S. Post Office, notified affected individuals, and revised invoice procedures to remove sensitive identifiers and send invoices via secure email. OCR verified a proper BA agreement was in place.

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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

Jan 22, 2013

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.Confirmed725 affectedView incident

Name: BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
norm: bluecross blueshield of western new york
Industry: Business Associate

Name: BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
norm: bluecross blueshield of western new york
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 725nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification filed; OCR verified proper BA agreement in place
Third party: via Blue Cross Blue Shieldbusiness associate

During the incident: BA contacted U.S. Post Office regarding undelivered mailing
CE provided breach notification to HHS
BA notified affected individuals
BA revised invoice procedures to remove SSNs and member ID numbers
BA switched to secure email for invoice delivery
Changes made: Removal of social security numbers from invoices
Removal of member identification numbers from invoices
Invoices sent via secure email going forward
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: Jan 22, 2013
Raw hash: 6613ec668d7129ce00bcfe20abe7200dec4bc8cc7d3ba156c789e18080420b95

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Reporting entityBlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

Victim entityBlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBA contacted U.S. Post Office regarding undelivered mailing

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing