HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Feb. 15, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Aetna ACE, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 15, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11621, row:2760)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aetna ACE, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 893 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, provided complimentary credit monitoring services, and retrained its employees.