HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 29, 2015

Filed

Feb 18, 2015

To disclose

20 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. →6 incidents on file

Anthem, Inc. notified New Hampshire of a cyber attack discovered on Jan 29, 2015. Attackers gained unauthorized access using valid credentials starting in early Dec 2014. Impacted data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and employment info. Anthem engaged the FBI and Mandiant, and is providing 2 years of free identity protection services to affected members.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 59 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Dec 1, 2014

Begins

Jan 29, 2015

Discovered

Feb 18, 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

South Carolina State AGbd_f4f5ff0eb844cd372015-03-06 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d4793a610fc324cb2015-03-18 · +28dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_5bb5e58103332c9f2015-03-20 · +30dCandidate

Name: ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.
norm: anthem insurance companies
Domain: anthem.com

Name: ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.
norm: anthem insurance companies
Domain: anthem.com
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2014
Undetected for: 59 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 13, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement officials (FBI)Shared indicators of compromise with the HITRUST C3
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted the FBI
Retained Mandiant to assist in the investigation
Began working to close the security vulnerability
Established a dedicated website (www.anthemfacts.com)
Established a dedicated toll-free number
Provided identity protection services to all impacted individuals
Changes made: Provided two years of free identity protection services through AllClear ID
Provided credit monitoring services
Provided identity theft insurance
Provided child identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 18 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Feb 18 (NH), last Mar 20 (NH) — a 30-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/anthem-20150218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 18, 2015
Raw hash: 6d81f0158940231196bee0717b6e202a90749da042275dd2c0e213679c704b81

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.

Victim entityANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2015

Stated responseContacted the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov