HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainTargetedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTCriticalResolved
Premera Blue Cross, including Academe, Inc. (formerly known as LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.), Connexion Insurance Solutions, Inc., Life Wise Health Plan of Washington, Life Wise Health Plan of Oregon, Inc., LifeWise Assurance Company, Vivacity
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Full breach record for Premera Blue Cross, including Academe, Inc. (formerly known as LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.), Connexion Insurance Solutions, Inc., Life Wise Health Plan of Washington, Life Wise Health Plan of Oregon, Inc., LifeWise Assurance Company, Vivacity →Premera Blue Cross (f/k/a Life Wise Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.) disclosed a 2015 cybersecurity incident affecting approximately 10.4 million individuals nationwide. The breach involved unauthorized access via stolen credentials, resulting in the exfiltration of PHI, PII, and financial data. Premera paid $6.85M to settle HIPAA violations and engaged forensic investigators and the FBI.
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_e8e76c27f5c889f6California State AGfiled 2015-03-17(2d gap)Candidate
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/PremeraBlueCross.pdf
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- Filed at
- Mar 19, 2015
- Raw hash
- a0d3db97ba59d936cbff3aa48a62419e6a34831796fd291f624c7ad9b3814c3e
Reporting entity
- Name
- Premera Blue Cross, including Academe, Inc. (formerly known as LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.), Connexion Insurance Solutions, Inc., Life Wise Health Plan of Washington, Life Wise Health Plan of Oregon, Inc., LifeWise Assurance Company, Vivacitynorm: premera blue cross including academe inc formerly known as lifewise health plan of arizona inc connexion insurance solutions inc life wise health plan of washington life wise health plan of oregon inc lifewise assurance company vivacity
Victim entity
- Name
- Premera Blue Cross, including Academe, Inc. (formerly known as LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.), Connexion Insurance Solutions, Inc., Life Wise Health Plan of Washington, Life Wise Health Plan of Oregon, Inc., LifeWise Assurance Company, Vivacitynorm: premera blue cross including academe inc formerly known as lifewise health plan of arizona inc connexion insurance solutions inc life wise health plan of washington life wise health plan of oregon inc lifewise assurance company vivacity
Incident
- Discovered
- Jan 16, 2015
- Materiality determined
- Jun 1, 2015
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 10,400,000
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Paid $6.85 million to settle HIPAA violations with HHS OCR
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.