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Breach Record

Blue Shield of California

DISCLOSED 2025-04-14 · MISCONFIG

Blue Shield of California is notifying members that protected health information (PHI) may have been exposed through Google Analytics tracking code on its member portal. The incident is a data breach resulting from a misconfiguration in web tracking. No ransomware or endpoint compromise was involved.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2025-04-14
Attack vector
Misconfig
Sector
healthcare
Country
US
Data classes exposed
PHI
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

The breach involved a web tracking misconfiguration, not an endpoint compromise. A positive-security model focused on endpoint state would likely not have prevented this data exposure.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

Sources

Cited reporting

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