Hackers Leak DentaQuest Information Impacting 2.6 Million
The ShinyHunters extortion group has published over 230 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from dental benefits administrator DentaQuest.
The threat actor listed DentaQuest on its Tor-based leak site last month, claiming negotiations with the company failed, and leaking a 234 GB archive containing allegedly stolen data.
According to data breach notification website HaveIBeenPwned, which added the information to its database, the leak impacts roughly 2.6 million accounts.
The dataset includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, government-issued IDs, and health insurance information.
This week, DentaQuest confirmed falling victim to a cyberattack, saying it was working with external cybersecurity experts to determine the scope of the incident and what data might have been compromised.
“DentaQuest is actively managing a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a limited portion of our network. Upon discovery of the initial incident, we took immediate action to secure our environment, contain the...
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