Supply chain
β Supply Chain
Blue Shield of California Third-Party Breach (August 2024)
Primary Source βIncident Details
Ransomware Hackers Steal Medical Insurance Data of 1M People. Young Consulting, which develops software for the stop-loss insurance market, is notifying 1 million individuals that their personal information was stolen earlier. Data Breach Notification , Data Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime. An Atlanta-based software developer that works with people’s health data is notifying nearly 1 million individuals that their personal information was stolen earlier this year by attackers. A ransomware group called BlackSuit claimed credit for the attack and leaked stolen data. Third-party company: Young Consulting.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
- Vendor / Product
- Young Consulting
- Supply Chain Attack
- β Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2024-08-01 Breach occurred
- 2024-08-01 Publicly disclosed