Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Health Plan · Archived

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

1,300,000 individuals · submitted May 20, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, reported that it was the victim of a cyberattack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1.3 million individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, usernames, email addresses, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
State
MD
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,300,000
Submission date
May 20, 2015
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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