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Aetna affiliated covered entity (ACE)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 13, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

5,991

Confidence

69%

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Aetna affiliated covered entity (ACE) reported to HHS on 2019-12-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5991 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Business associate National Imaging Associates was the victim of an email phishing scheme.

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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

Dec 13, 2019

Filed

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

Part of National Imaging Associates, Inc. supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,991 affectedView incident

Name: Aetna affiliated covered entity (ACE)
norm: aetna affiliated covered entity ace
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Aetna affiliated covered entity (ACE)
norm: aetna affiliated covered entity ace
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,991nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
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 Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified OCR
Third party: via National Imaging Associatesbusiness associate
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified OCR, affected individuals, and the media
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: Dec 13, 2019
Raw hash: 10c82992d997dcedcd9b8d6db5da5d17d9bbd282910a1f8b72baa335da528aca

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Reporting entityAetna affiliated covered entity (ACE)

Victim entityAetna affiliated covered entity (ACE)

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified OCR, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing