INDIANAMisuseHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePrivilege AbuseMisuse OtherBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Connextions c/o Anthem BCBS

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 14, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

1,678

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Connextions c/o Anthem BCBS →

From November 11, 2011 through October 1, 2012, an employee of Connextions (a business associate of Anthem BCBS) improperly accessed the PHI of the covered entity's Medicare members and may have disclosed their Social Security numbers to a third party. Approximately 528 Indiana members were affected out of 1,678 total individuals reported to HHS. PHI involved included demographic information and SSNs. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Remediation included a security risk assessment, closure of the involved call center, an independent external audit, and termination of the employee. OCR reviewed the BA agreement and obtained corrective action assurances. Location: Network Server.

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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

Nov 11, 2011

Begins

Mar 14, 2013

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,678 affectedView incident

Name: Connextions c/o Anthem BCBS
norm: connextions c o anthem bcbs
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Connextions c/o Anthem BCBS
norm: connextions c o anthem bcbs
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Nov 11, 2011 – Oct 1, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,678nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: TheftUnauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the business associate agreement between the covered entity and Connextions and obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.
Third party: via Connextionsbusiness associate
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Covered entity provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Covered entity posted substitute notice on its website.
Changes made: Business associate completed a security risk assessment.
BA phased out the call center where the at-fault employee worked.
BA engaged an independent, external audit.
Involved employee's employment was terminated.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://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: Mar 14, 2013
Raw hash: 7aa3e0b11c1a30c6ac75345ef6dbeab3f556b88c9d4e48119699311810c9f8d1

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Reporting entityConnextions c/o Anthem BCBS

Victim entityConnextions c/o Anthem BCBS

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCovered entity provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing