Health Plan · Archived
Aetna
2,030 individuals · submitted January 30, 2019
About this report
On October 11, 2018, a business associate (BA), BenefitMall, discovered a phishing attack which affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,030 of the covered entity’s (CE) individual members, including demographic, financial, and health plan information. The BA notified the CE of the breach on December 11, 2018, and the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR reviewed the CE’s policies, procedures, and the executed BA agreement as it relates to this breach. The policies appear to be in compliance with the Privacy Rule. As a result of the breach, the BA implemented two-factor authentication and retrained employees.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Aetna
- State
- CT
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 2,030
- Submission date
- January 30, 2019
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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