CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)LowResolved

Blue Shield of California

bd_9208df5a6a49d285 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

624

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

Blue Shield of California reported to HHS on 2025-02-28 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 624 individuals. Due to a configuration error, PHI including medications and other treatment information was viewable by others via the Internet through an Electronic Medical Record system. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided free credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_9bd2fb4193f7d2b52025-03-28 · +28dVerified by operator

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: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 624nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided free credit monitoring to affected individuals
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 · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRFeb 28 · first · this page

California State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (CA), last Mar 28 (CA) — a 28-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: c112981e1e35a28746cb1272de5b0f8c3bce82b93e2126e91d5b848467acd71e

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.4 KB

Download View at source

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlue Shield of California

Victim entityBlue Shield of California

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing