TENNESSEEAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 5, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

717

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC. →10 incidents on file

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. reported to HHS on 2024-04-05 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 717 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The BA inadvertently posted PHI to the Internet.

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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

Apr 5, 2024

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.Confirmed717 affectedView incident

Name: BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee
Domain: bcbst.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.
norm: bluecross blueshield of tennessee
Domain: bcbst.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 717nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Notified HHS and affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data
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: Apr 5, 2024
Raw hash: 15134788ac764de48e350c0abc2b293be756dfd00de2020bc70e62b04d1ad9df

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Reporting entityBLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

Victim entityBLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing