California Physicians' Services

California Physicians' Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California disclosed a data breach involving third-party vendor Sharecare Health Data Services. Between May 21 and June 26, 2018, an unknown third party accessed Sharecare servers containing member data, including names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs (for a subset). Blue Shield notified members on February 15, 2019, offering credit monitoring. The incident involved unauthorized access and data exfiltration to locations outside the US.

Blue Shield of California (California Physicians' Service) reported to HHS on 2019-02-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 18,416 individuals. Its business associate, Sharecare Health Data Services, LLC, was the victim of a cyber-attack. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. Breached information was located on a Network Server. Affected individuals were notified and provided complimentary credit monitoring services.

Affected (this filing): 18,416