CONNECTICUTHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

AETNA INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2018

Filed

Jan 30, 2019

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2,030

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for AETNA INC. →38 incidents on file

Aetna reported to HHS on 2019-01-30 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2030 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A business associate, BenefitMall, discovered a phishing attack affecting PHI, demographic, financial, and health plan information. BA implemented two-factor authentication and retrained employees.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late16 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Oct 11, 2018

Discovered

Jan 30, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_06db08adf83999bc2019-01-30Verified

Name: AETNA INC.
norm: aetna
Domain: aetna.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: AETNA INC.
norm: aetna
Domain: aetna.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 11, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,030nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the CE’s policies, procedures, and the executed BA agreement
Third party: via BenefitMallbusiness associate
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: BA implemented two-factor authentication
BA retrained employees
Changes made: BA implemented two-factor authentication
BA retrained employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 11, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 11, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 11, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 11, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 30 · first

HHS OCRJan 30 · first · this page

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.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2019
Raw hash: d2f717132d874b6349b1071a346df9e3dd34f47bd0cf1c406f94c1533c9cf69f

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAETNA INC.

Victim entityAETNA INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2018

Stated responseBA implemented two-factor authentication

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing