Nearly 500K Aetna members affected by EyeMed security incident

Aetna, the healthcare company, revealed that 484,157 members were affected by an email-hacking incident in the summer. The incident involved an unauthorized individual accessing an EyeMed email account, which Aetna contracts with. The compromised mailbox contained personal information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, and potentially social security numbers. This incident is part of a larger trend of security breaches in the healthcare industry, which are expected to continue in 2021. Aetna is working with EyeMed to protect customer information.