HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighActive

Anthem Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 27, 2015

Filed

Feb 15, 2015

To disclose

19 days

Affected

18,206state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Anthem Inc. →14 incidents on file

Anthem, Inc. notified Hawaii OCP of a cyber-attack where attackers used stolen database admin credentials to access member data (names, SSNs, DOB, addresses, employment info) between Dec 10, 2014 and Jan 27, 2015. Discovery was Jan 27, 2015. Mandiant engaged; no financial/medical data accessed. Resident count pending.

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Hawaii clock✓ HI CRA notice due19 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days

discovery → filing · 19 days

Dec 10, 2014

Begins

Jan 27, 2015

Discovered

Feb 15, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0bbff98139b67cc02015-02-13 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_8f37e1c095a846da2015-02-13 · +2dVerified
HHS OCR enforcementbd_3d381b99b1c9318e2018-10-15 · +1338dVerified by operator

Name: Anthem Inc.
norm: anthem
Domain: anthem.com

Name: Anthem Inc.
norm: anthem
Domain: anthem.com
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 27, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2014 – Jan 27, 2015
Undetected for: 48 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,206state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement officials
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contracted with Mandiant to assist with the investigation
Changed passwords
Secured the compromised database warehouse
Notified federal law enforcement officials
Shared indicators of compromise with the HITRUST C3
Changes made: Work with Mandiant to ensure there are no further vulnerabilities
Work to strengthen security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HI CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRFeb 13 · first

California State AGFeb 13 · first

Hawaii State AG+2d · this page

HHS OCR enforcement+1340d

Pattern: first filing Feb 13 (IN), last Oct 15 — a 1340-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20211024101019id_/https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/files/2015/12/OCP-2015-0082.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2015
Raw hash: 4f5a9a29e25eb3370206a88004225d1fa63a2c937d97c52694d685cc3bf4f8f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAnthem Inc.

Victim entityAnthem Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 27, 2015

Stated responseContracted with Mandiant to assist with the investigation

ComplianceHI CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceweb.archive.org