GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

AFLAC INCORPORATED

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 29, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

10,396

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for AFLAC INCORPORATED →18 incidents on file

AFLAC (Health Plan, GA) reported to HHS on 2018-05-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 10,396 individuals. Multiple business associates were victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised ePHI including names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, clinical information, claims data, and health insurance information. A forensic investigation was conducted; free credit monitoring was offered. OCR provided technical assistance and obtained corrective-action assurances. Breached information located on Email.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 29, 2018

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10,396 affectedView incident

Name: AFLAC INCORPORATED
norm: aflac
Domain: aflac.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: AFLAC INCORPORATED
norm: aflac
Domain: aflac.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,396nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE on the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.OCR obtained assurances that the CE and BA implemented the corrective actions noted.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Forensic investigation performed.
Free credit monitoring services offered to affected individuals.
CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website.
Changes made: Business associate implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect ePHI.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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: May 29, 2018
Raw hash: 3d1969195cd4b7c1e031530b0dd3e0cac0d0ae4256482806ff75c3c4123496ba

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Reporting entityAFLAC INCORPORATED

Victim entityAFLAC INCORPORATED

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseForensic investigation performed.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing