CONNECTICUTMalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalResolved

AETNA INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

325,278

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

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

Aetna ACE (Health Plan, CT) reported to HHS on 2022-07-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 325,278 individuals. A vendor of Aetna's business associate experienced a ransomware attack that compromised PHI stored on network servers. Exposed data included names, dates of birth, addresses, health insurance information, lab results, medication information, and financial and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

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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

Jul 27, 2022

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_67bd072abaa13d8e2022-07-27Verified

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: 325,278nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGJul 27 · first

HHS OCRJul 27 · first · 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: Jul 27, 2022
Raw hash: 704c31e25902f7ba6b4ae88507943586db2044dd62948d3bd9ebbf68f5e38221

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAETNA INC.

Victim entityAETNA INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing