Blue Shield exposed 4.7M patients’ health data to Google

Blue Shield exposed 4.7M patients’ health data to Google

Blue Shield of California confirmed it had been sharing private health data of 4.7 million users with Google for three years without even realizing it.

'Read the Manual': Misconfigured Google Analytics Led to a Data Breach Affecting 4.7M

Slashdot reader itwbennett writes: Personal health information on 4.7 million Blue Shield California subscribers was unintentionally shared between Google Analytics and Google Ads between April 2021 and January 2025 due to a misconfiguration error. Security consultant and SANS Institute instructor Brandon Evans points to two lessons to take from this debacle: Read the documentation of any third party service you sign up for, to understand the se…

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