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Shutterfly

Disclosed Dec 18, 202152,777 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The business associate (BA), Shutterfly, LLC, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 2,641 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnoses, health insurance information, and claims and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained its employees.

What is known

People affected52,777 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedDec 18, 2021
DiscoveredDec 13, 2021
HappenedDec 3, 2021
AttackRansomware
Data exposedNamesHealth
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

Other breaches at Shutterfly

History of this record
sector2026-09-25
other to healthby backfillSource
data_types2026-09-25
[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource
summary2026-09-25
empty to The business associate (BA), Shutterfly, LLC, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 2,641 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnoses, health insurance infoby backfillSource
records_basis2026-09-25
empty to organizationby backfillSource
records2026-09-25
empty to 52777by backfillSource
disclosed2026-09-25
2022-03-23 to 2021-12-18by backfillSource
attack2026-09-25
unknown to ransomwareby backfillSource
discovered2026-09-25
empty to 2021-12-13by backfillSource
disclosed2026-09-25
2022-06-02 to 2022-03-23by backfillSource
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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