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Aetna

Disclosed Feb 27, 20267 months ago775 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The business associate (BA), Aetna, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 775 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included demographic information. The BA notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.

What is known

People affected775 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedFeb 27, 2026
AttackInsider
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Aetna (Business Associate, CT)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalFeb 27775

Other breaches at Aetna

BreachAffected
Disclosed Jul 27, 2022Jul 27, 20224 years ago326K
Disclosed Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 20205 years ago484K
Disclosed Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 20179 years agoHacking12K
Disclosed Nov 28, 2016Nov 28, 20169 years agoInsider19K
Disclosed Jul 27, 2010Jul 27, 201016 years agoInsider6,372
Web site breach may have exposed SSNs of 65,000 Aetna employeesMay 28, 200917 years agoHackingUnverified65K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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