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CONNECTICUTAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

AETNA INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 20, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,317

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for AETNA INC. →38 incidents on file

Aetna ACE (Health Plan, CT) reported to HHS on 2024-12-20 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,317 individuals. A business associate employee mailed PHI — including names, addresses, and medications — to wrong recipients. Breached information was located on Other Portable Electronic Device. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals; the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards in response.

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 20, 2024

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.Confirmed1,317 affectedView incident

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.