Health Data Breach Tracker/AZ

Health Plan · Archived

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

47,485 individuals · submitted August 17, 2023

About this report

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, the covered entity (CE), reported that a vendor of its business associate (BA) was the subject of a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 47,485 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS; the BA notified affected individuals and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA and vendor implemented new technical safeguards, provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring, and revised its policies and procedures. The CE implemented new security measures to prevent similar attacks from occurring in the future.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
State
AZ
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
47,485
Submission date
August 17, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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