HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 21, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Blue Shield of California, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop, Network Server, Other
- Submission date
- July 21, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9223, row:362)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Blue Shield of California, reported that an unauthorized individual gained access to the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 783 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and insurance identification information. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.