Social EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Anthem Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2020

Filed

Feb 21, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Anthem reported that on December 11, 2019, an unauthorized actor exported data from an associate's email account via malware after a phishing incident. Data included names, healthcare eligibility, ID numbers, and SSNs. Anthem quarantined the system, removed malware, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring. The incident was discovered on January 23, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 11, 2019

Begins

Jan 23, 2020

Discovered

Feb 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_3513352510dac20c2020-01-01 · +51dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Jan 23, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 11, 2019
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Quarantined the computer
Eliminated the malware
Evaluating opportunities to enhance technical safeguards
Continuing to further educate associates to be aware of suspicious emails
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to enhance technical safeguards
Further educating associates to be aware of suspicious emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+51d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 21 (MT) — a 51-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-121.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2020
Raw hash: 185cbe9c157d48111da735d0f15102dc7b2b440c4c19780a1982e6dd94e0d786

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAnthem Inc.

Victim entityAnthem Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2020

Stated responseQuarantined the computer

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov