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HUMANA INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 28, 2012

Filed

Dec 17, 2012

To disclose

19 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for HUMANA INC.38 incidents on file

Humana Inc. notified the NH AG of a privacy incident where a box of paper files containing member appeals was lost during an office move in Tampa, FL. Files included names, DOBs, Medicare IDs (often SSNs), and clinical info. One NH resident affected. Notification sent Dec 18, 2012. Credit monitoring offered.

Incident timeline

undetected · 139 days
discovery → filing · 19 days

Jul 12, 2012

Begins

Nov 28, 2012

Discovered

Dec 17, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.