California Physicians' Services

Blue Shield of California notified members that a third-party subcontractor, Fortra, LLC, suffered a cybersecurity incident between January 28-31, 2023. An unauthorized individual accessed Fortra's GoAnywhere MFTaaS application and potentially exfiltrated files maintained by Blue Shield's provider, Brightline Medical Associates. Affected data included names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, subscriber IDs, phone numbers, emails, and plan information. No SSNs or financial data were accessed. Blue Shield locked communications with Brightline and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.