MisuseHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePrivilege AbuseSpyros PanosTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Anthem Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 12, 2018

Filed

Jun 12, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

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

Anthem, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach involving a physician reviewer, Spyros Panos, who impersonated another licensed physician to access orthopedic claim files. The incident, discovered April 12, 2018, compromised PHI and demographic data. Anthem is reviewing denials and offering one year of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Apr 12, 2018

Discovered

Jun 12, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Apr 12, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider· Spyros Panos
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Spyros PanosInternal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Worked with the IROs to make changes to prevent it from happening again
Taking steps to evaluate any denials reviewed by Mr. Panos
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for one year
Changes made: Worked with the IROs to make changes to prevent it from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Anthem-Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 12, 2018
Raw hash: 42ff567d1ead7dcf16614287a64d8e878953d9f16caa9a00e41b6062cdb71d91

Reporting entityAnthem Inc.

Victim entityAnthem Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2018

Stated responseWorked with the IROs to make changes to prevent it from happening again

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov