FEDERALAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighResolved
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
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Full breach record for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. →On February 20, 2017, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) erroneously emailed a data file containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,843 individuals to one of its employer accounts. The file included names, addresses, birthdates, and social security numbers. The error was discovered on December 12, 2017, when the employer account used the incorrect data to send letters. Upon notification, the recipient destroyed the data. BCBSMA reported the breach to HHS on December 26, 2017.
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.Confirmed1,843 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
- Dec 26, 2017
- Raw hash
- f03ec7727dfd5c11e5bb03f30638ba14c5be747023e28e570a3342fe432ebcc8
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.norm: blue cross and blue shield of massachusetts
- Industry
- Insurance — Health
Victim entity
- Name
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.norm: blue cross and blue shield of massachusetts
- Industry
- Insurance — Health
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 1,843
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- Threat actor
- Internal
- Regulator citations
- OCR reviewed BCBSMA’s policies and procedures as they relate to this breach report
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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.