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Breach Record

Blue Shield of California

DISCLOSED 2025-04-24 · MISCONFIG · 4,700,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

Blue Shield of California inadvertently exposed the data of 4.7 million individuals to Google. The exposure was due to a misconfiguration that allowed Google to access the data. No ransomware or malicious actor was involved.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2025-04-24
Attack vector
Misconfig
Sector
healthcare
Country
US
Records exposed
4,700,000
Sources

Cited reporting

↗ www.healthcaredive.com (2025-04-24)
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