Important Information for Current and Former Anthem Members About Recent Cyber Attack
February 11, 2015
Story Update on Feb. 13, 3 p.m. :
Anthem offering identity theft protection to current, former members after recent cyber attack
Anthem is offering identity repair assistance and credit monitoring services to current members and former members enrolled in 2004 or later in response to the recent data breach.
Affected members can access these services beginning Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at 11 a.m. Pacific Time via AnthemFacts.com or AnthemInforma.com for Spanish-speaking members.
Members may receive an email regarding these services from Anthem beginning the week of Feb. 16. They will also receive a letter from Anthem in the coming weeks, but do not need to wait for the letter to begin using the services.
From the earlier story:
As many of you have heard in the news, health insurer Anthem Inc. disclosed last week that it was the target of a sophisticated external cyber attack and that data for its 80 million members was accessed. This potentially includes information about UC students, faculty, staff and retirees, as well as their dependents.
Currently, Anthem is the network provider and claims administrator for UC SHIP, the university’s student health insurance plan, at UC San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine (graduate students only), UC Merced, UCLA and UC San Diego. UC Irvine undergraduates and UC Davis students have only vision insurance through Anthem. Anthem provided services for UC SHIP at all campuses from August 2011 through July 2013.
