Anthem

5 breaches79M affected in allInsuranceanthem.com

Hacking breachHacking exposed names and health records. Reported to the California AG.6,118 affectedHealthcareUSOct 15, 2021 Insider breachInsider exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.19K affectedInsuranceUSOct 26, 2016 2014 data warehouse breach of 78.8M people; USD 16M HHS OCR and USD 39.5M statesHacking exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, emails, employment records, insurance details, phone numbers and health records. Reported to the California AG.Hacking79M affectedInsuranceUSFeb 4, 2015 Breach, details not statedExposed names and Social Security numbers. Reported to the Maine AG.InsuranceUSMar 20, 2013 Tapes with names and SSNs of 196,000 members stolen from vendorVendor breach exposed names and Social Security numbers.Vendor breach196K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedJan 26, 2007

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data_types2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04["names","dob","ssn","addresses","emails","employment","insurance","phone","health"]

disclosed2026-09-25

Anthem, 2016-10-262016-10-26

attack2026-09-25

Anthem, 2016-10-26insider

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Anthem, 2016-10-26["names","health"]

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Anthem, 2016-10-26hhs

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Anthem, 2016-10-2618580

disclosed2026-09-25

Anthem, 2016-10-262017-07-24

summary2026-09-25

Anthem, 2016-10-26LaunchPoint Ventures, LLC, a business associate (BA) of Anthem, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee impermissibly emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 18,580 members of the CE to his personal email account.

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Anthem, 2021-10-15health

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Anthem, 2021-10-15hacking

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Anthem, 2021-10-15["names","health"]

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Anthem, 2021-10-15hhs

records2026-09-25

Anthem, 2021-10-156118

summary2026-09-25

Anthem, 2021-10-15The covered entity (CE), Anthem, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information of 6,118 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, email

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Anthem, 2013-03-20

occurred2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-042014-12-10

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Anthem, 2016-10-26

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Anthem, 2015-02-0455500000

lawsuit2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04USD 16M HHS OCR settlement (Oct 2018); USD 39.5M multistate AG settlement (Sept 2020)

data_types2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04["names","dob","ssn","addresses","emails","employment","insurance","phone"]

summary2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04Attackers reached Anthem's data warehouse in a 2014 cyberattack and harvested names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, health ID numbers, addresses, emails, phone numbers and employment data of 78.8 million people. Anthem paid HHS OCR a

title2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-042014 data warehouse breach of 78.8M people; USD 16M HHS OCR and USD 39.5M states

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Anthem, 2007-01-26

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Anthem, 2015-02-04settled

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Anthem, 2015-02-0416000000

lawsuit2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04$16M HHS OCR HIPAA settlement (2018)

sector2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04insurance

attack2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04hacking

data_types2026-09-25

Anthem, 2015-02-04["names","dob","ssn","addresses","emails","employment","insurance"]

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Anthem, 2015-02-04organization