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Breach notice filed by Blue Shield of California (November 2021)

Organization named: Blue Shield of California Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Nov. 19, 2021.

Organization as reported
Blue Shield of California, CA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Nov. 19, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11779, row:2918)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Blue Shield of California, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,519 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. To mitigate the incident and prevent reoccurrence of a similar incident, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the importance of training and retraining after a security incident.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,519 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Nov. 19, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11779)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Blue Shield of California Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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