Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Health Plan · Archived

California Physicians' Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California

18,416 individuals · submitted February 15, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Blue Shield of California, reported that its business associate (BA) Sharecare Health Data Services, LLC, was the victim of a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 18,416 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Affected individuals were also provided complimentary credit monitoring services.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
California Physicians' Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California
State
CA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
18,416
Submission date
February 15, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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