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 April 5, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- California Physicians’ Services dba 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
- April 5, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10812, row:1951)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), California Physicians’ Services dba Blue Shield of California, reported that its business associate’s (BA) subcontractor suffered a hacking attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 1,553 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE severed its connection with the servers affected by the breach, implemented additional technical safeguards, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.