How Those Impacted by the 2015 Cyber Attack Against Anthem Who Were Under 18 at the Time Can Get a Credit Freeze
February 24 2017 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
Anthem is offering a special minor credit freeze program to
parents and legal guardians of minors whose information was
involved in the 2015 cyber attack against the company. There is no
proof that anyone’s information was misused, but Anthem is
nonetheless offering this extra layer of protection for children’s
personal information.
Working closely with the three nationwide consumer credit
reporting agencies - Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, Anthem is
offering a program to allow a credit freeze for children across all
three bureaus. Anthem will cover the cost of the credit freeze for
this program as well as the cost of removing the credit freeze at a
later date.
As part of this program, Anthem will also offer to reimburse
parents or legal guardians who paid for a credit freeze for their
child after the announcement of Anthem’s cyber attack. In addition,
for those children who became adults after January 27, 2015, Anthem
will provide reimbursements for setting an adult credit freeze
now.
Anthem will mail notification to parents and legal guardians of
impacted minors, or to those who were minors on January 27, 2015
and who are now adults, in the coming weeks. The letter will
contain instructions about how to request the minor credit freeze
from each of the credit reporting companies, or how to request
reimbursement, as applicable. The instructions will also be posted
to www.AnthemFacts.com.
This program is unique to Anthem and is being offered at the
request of state insurance regulators. Following the announcement
of the cyber attack, state insurance regulators began a multi-state
exam into the incident. State insurance regulators asked Anthem to
provide this offer as part of the conclusion of that investigation.
Anthem is pleased that as part of the investigation the examiners
found that “Anthem appeared to have taken reasonable measures prior
to the Data Breach to protect its computer network and data” and
that no fine or penalty was warranted.
Spanish-speaking members may access information at
www.AnthemInforma.com.
About Anthem, Inc.
Anthem is working to transform health care with trusted and
caring solutions. Our health plan companies deliver quality
products and services that give their members access to the care
they need. With over 73 million people served by its affiliated
companies, including nearly 40 million people within its family of
health plans, Anthem is one of the nation’s leading health benefits
companies. For more information about Anthem’s family of companies,
please visit www.antheminc.com/companies.
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Anthem, Inc.MediaJoyzelle Davis,
303-831-2005joyzelle.davis@anthem.comorGene Rodriguez,
317-488-6168geraldine.rodriguez@anthem.com
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