Blue
Disclosed Feb 7, 20251 year ago591,713 affectedConfirmed
The business associate (BA), Blue & Co., LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 591,713 individuals. The PHI involved demographic, clinical, and financial information. The BA notified HHS and affected covered entities. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical security safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its workforce members on email security precautions.
What is known
| People affected | 591,713 (as reported to HHS) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Happened | Nov 7, 2024 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Health |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Vermont Attorney General: 2025-09-09 Blue & Co Data Breach Notice to Consumersago.vermont.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| Indiana Attorney General 2025 data breach report: Bluein.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Blue (Business Associate, IN)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| HHS archivetotal | Feb 7, 2025 | 591,713 |
| Indiana AGresidents of IN | Jul 8, 2025 | 7,988 |
| Vermont AGresidents of VT | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| Indiana AGresidents of IN | Sep 25, 2025 | 1 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · sector: other to health · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: organization to hhs · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 2 to 591713 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2025-07-08 to 2025-02-07 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The business associate (BA), Blue & Co., LLC, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 591,713 individuals. The PHI involved demographic, clinical, and fina · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 2 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2025-09-09 to 2025-07-08 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · occurred: empty to 2024-11-07 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Vermont AG), confirmed by Vermont AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.