Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Anthem, Inc. (July 2017)

Organization named: Anthem, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 24, 2017.

Organization as reported: Anthem, Inc., IN
Entity type as reported: Health Plan
Category as reported: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: July 24, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14114, row:5253)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

LaunchPoint 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. This information was used for identity theft purposes. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the media, and affected individuals. As a result of this breach, LaunchPoint offered free identity theft protection and credit repair/monitoring services to all affected individuals and implemented additional administrative safeguards to further protect its PHI. The BA also sanctioned the employee responsible and retrained all employees. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted above.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

18,580 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 24, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2017-07-24Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14114)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Anthem, Inc. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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