CONNECTICUTSocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PHIMediumResolved

AETNA INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 27, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

4,222

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

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

Aetna ACE (CT, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2022-12-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4,222 individuals. Several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme. PHI exposed included names, medications, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. Breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional technical and security safeguards; staff were retrained on email security.

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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 27, 2022

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_60e578266f0d23eb2022-12-23 · +4dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,222nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notification
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Implemented additional technical and security safeguards
Retrained staff on email security precautions
Changes made: Additional technical safeguards deployed
Additional security safeguards deployed
Employee retraining on email security
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGDec 23 · first

HHS OCR+4d · 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: Dec 27, 2022
Raw hash: d185ed3d8420cb703a949f796f35620c78f9895048e8233b36e6a9453bdd3deb

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAETNA INC.

Victim entityAETNA INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing