INDIANAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighContained

Anthem Inc.

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Anthem, Inc. reported to HHS on 2021-10-27 a Theft affecting 5505 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device, Paper/Films. The covered entity (CE), Anthem, Inc., reported that an external back-up device and claims folder containing the protected health information (PHI) of 5,505 individuals were stolen from its business associate’s office. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional physical and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.

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.

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bd_9b9bf2a33a0aa022California State AGfiled 2021-10-28(1d gap)Verified

Source provenance

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2021
Raw hash: 22ea7d78bd1ad640163a8083983daf62891cfbdf5e694685ab044ef06e62ad5e

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Flag & Anthem
norm: flag anthem
Domain: flagandanthem.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Anthem Inc.
norm: anthem
Domain: anthem.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,505
Data types: PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The CE notified HHS
Third party: via Anthem, Inc.business associate

Compliance

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.