CONNECTICUTAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

AETNA INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 26, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

562

Confidence

69%

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

Aetna ACE reported to HHS on 2021-05-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 562 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee inadvertently sent PHI (names, DOB, insurance, claims, treatment info) to wrong recipients. The CE implemented additional administrative and technological safeguards.

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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 26, 2021

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.Confirmed562 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 562nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technological safeguards to better protect its PHI
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 26, 2021
Raw hash: ca22eeaf4657c9ec0a35059f143db2c8893eec70e3b57bc7a1e1e50f8f23317b

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Reporting entityAETNA INC.

Victim entityAETNA INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing