HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Blood Systems, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 4, 2018

Filed

Sep 20, 2018

To disclose

16 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Blood Systems, Inc. →

Blood Systems, Inc. detected unauthorized access to its eDonor donor portal on Sept. 4, 2018. Investigation revealed that between Aug. 29 and Sept. 2, 2018, a small number of donor profiles were accessed. Attackers fraudulently used loyalty points to order gift cards. Affected data included name, DOB, blood type, contact info, appointment history, donation history, and wellness metrics (vitals). No SSNs or financial account records were involved. The company disabled logins, reset passwords with enhanced security, restored points, and worked with vendor Haemonetics Software Solutions to investigate and upgrade security.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 4, 2018 → Notified Sep 20, 201816d ✓ CA 60-day OK16 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 16 days

Aug 29, 2018

Begins

Sep 4, 2018

Discovered

Sep 20, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Blood Systems, Inc.
norm: blood systems
Domain: bloodsystems.org

Name: Blood Systems, Inc.
norm: blood systems
Domain: bloodsystems.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 4, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 29, 2018 – Sep 2, 2018
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Haemonetics Software Solutions
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled donor portal login capability for all donors between Sept. 4 and 7
Notified donors by email that their passwords were reset with additional password security measures
Restored all earned loyalty points for accounts where points were inappropriately used
Working closely with donor portal software vendor, Haemonetics Software Solutions, to thoroughly investigate this security incident
Upgraded the security measures for the passwords
Continues to closely monitor donor portal and computer systems
Changes made: Upgraded the security measures for the passwords
Established a corrective action plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 days(16 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 16d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 4, 2018
→ Notified: Sep 20, 2018
16d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 4, 2018 → Notified: Sep 20, 2018	16d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-140011
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2018
Raw hash: 44404d01ff636b66593c59db17fd01e36f267b037f8a4a39eeed4ac97a6d031e

Reporting entityBlood Systems, Inc.

Victim entityBlood Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 4, 2018

Stated responseDisabled donor portal login capability for all donors between Sept. 4 and 7

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov