2.6 million DentaQuest accounts exposed in data breach: ShinyHunters claims 234GB of data stolen

ShinyHunters leaked 234 GB of DentaQuest data
Records include 2.6 million accounts with sensitive details
The company confirms the incident but operations are not affected

DentaQuest, one of the largest dental benefits administrators in the United States, confirmed a recent cyberattack but said it did not disrupt its daily operations.

Earlier this month, infamous ransomware actors ShinyHunters added DentaQuest to their data breach website, trying to pressure the company into paying their ransom demand. However, the criminals said the negotiations failed, which is why they released the entire stash on the dark web. In total: 234 GB of data.

Shortly after, DentaQuest made a statement confirming the authenticity of ShinyHunters’ claims: “DentaQuest is actively managing a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a limited portion of our network,” the announcement reads.

Have I been fooled? confirms figure of 2.6 million

“Upon discovery of the initial incident, we took immediate action to protect our environment, contain the attack and mitigate the threat. Our systems remain fully operational and we continue to serve our customers with limited disruptions.”

He also said that outside cybersecurity experts were hired and authorities were notified. They are currently trying to determine if any data has been stolen and, if so, what its nature is.

But have I been fooled? Apparently I’ve already done the work for them. The company analyzed the leaked data set and confirmed that it contained records for 2.6 million accounts. These records include people’s full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and government-issued IDs. They also contain information about health insurance, gender data and dates of birth.

The company also said that about two-thirds of the exposed records were already in its database, having been exposed in previous incidents elsewhere on the Internet.

DentaQuest is part of Sun Life, a large Canadian financial services company based in Toronto. Provides life insurance, health insurance, dental and vision benefits, disability coverage, retirement planning, investment and asset management services to individuals and businesses.

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