DisclosureLens
INDIANAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The WellPoint Affiliated Covered Entities

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

7,250

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for The WellPoint Affiliated Covered Entities →2 incidents on file

Anthem Affiliated Covered Entities reported to HHS on 2021-12-30 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7250 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license numbers, SSNs, lab results, and medications. The CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,250 affectedView incident

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.