Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Health Plan · Archived

Aetna ACE

8,664 individuals · submitted July 14, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Aetna, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 8,664 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, claims information, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified affected individuals; the CE notified HHS and the media.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Aetna ACE
State
CT
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
8,664
Submission date
July 14, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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