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 July 27, 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
- July 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11279, row:2418)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Aetna, reported that a vendor of its business associate experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 325,278 individuals. The PHI involved 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.