ALMalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumContained

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (Health Plan, AL) reported to HHS OCR on 2022-07-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8,702 individuals. The covered entity's business associate was the subject of a ransomware attack that encrypted PHI stored on a network server. PHI involved includes names, addresses, email addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, media, local law enforcement, and the FBI, and provided substitute notice. The BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,702 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Jul 19, 2022
Raw hash: 9f6f51f8b8ac4e9b38bc055bed40a951ee9abe114c866854322ea7e4ae30f704

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Victim entity

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
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Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,702
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedFBI notifiedLocal law enforcement notifiedOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.