HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumActive

ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 5, 2015

Filed

Jun 1, 2015

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. →5 incidents on file

YP Holdings LLC notified NH AG of the Anthem, Inc. data breach affecting 2 NH residents. Anthem, a third-party administrator, suffered a sophisticated cyber attack in Dec 2014, discovered Jan 5, 2015. Data accessed included names, SSNs, DOB, and health IDs. Anthem engaged FBI and Mandiant, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

Dec 1, 2014

Begins

Jan 5, 2015

Discovered

Jun 1, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_ac1314681aedcdcc2015-06-01Verified

Name: YP HOLDINGS, LLC
norm: yp holdings
Domain: yp.com

Name: ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.
norm: anthem insurance companies
Domain: anthem.com
Also named: YP Holdings LLCoperating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 5, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2014
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2015
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Federal Bureau of Investigationshared indicators of compromise with the HITRUST C3
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Retained Mandiant, a leading cybersecurity firm, to assist in its investigation
Working to close the security vulnerability
Offering 24 months of identity theft repair services
Offering free credit monitoring
Changes made: Working to close the security vulnerability
Secure all of its data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGJun 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 1 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/anthem-20150601.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2015
Raw hash: 38b71ee775ffb958eb116e789f0b98ca55096b432a058f3f5f47d36300e190cb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYP HOLDINGS, LLC

Victim entityANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 5, 2015

Stated responseContacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov