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INDIANAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Anthem Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 13, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

5,497

Confidence

90%
Full breach record for Anthem Inc. →14 incidents on file

Anthem BCBS of GA reported to HHS OCR on 2013-08-13 a Theft (impermissible disclosure) affecting 5,497 individuals. A CE sales representative used an incorrect group number from an erroneous membership/data file, causing inadvertent disclosure of PHI including demographic information to a business associate. The BA subsequently certified destruction of the PHI. OCR confirmed the CE implemented corrective action including enhanced quality control procedures and counseling of the involved representative.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 13, 2013

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,497 affectedView incident

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.