FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Apr 21, 2010bd_e46dbe12708094f1
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reported to HHS on 2010-04-21 a theft affecting 12,000 individuals. The breach occurred when the company donated a file cabinet containing paper records with protected health information (PHI) before it was properly cleaned out. The compromised data included names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and Medicare ID numbers. In response, the company offered one year of free credit monitoring, retrained staff, and revised its policies.
Affected (this filing): 12,000
HHS notified