2.6 Million Data Breach

Criminal actors called ShinyHunters broke into DentaQuest, one of the biggest dental benefits administrators in the country, and dumped 2.6 million people’s personal data online after the company refused to pay up.

Names, home addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, government IDs, health insurance details and Medicaid IDs are sitting on the open internet.

DentaQuest runs coverage for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage in all 50 states. ShinyHunters slipped in, walked off with more than 235 gigabytes of data and gave DentaQuest a choice: Pay up, or we post all of it. DentaQuest didn’t pay. ShinyHunters posted. More than 2.6 million accounts are out in the open for anyone to grab.
DentaQuest confirmed the breach on June 2. The official statement called it “unauthorized access to a limited portion of our network.” That “limited portion” held 2.6 million people’s personal information.

This year alone, the group’s been tied to attacks on Carnival, 7-Eleven, ADT, Zara and dozens more. The playbook never changes. Get in through one weak spot. Take everything. Set a deadline. When the company won’t pay, the data goes public.

If you think your data is included, do these four things today.

  1. Freeze your credit. The single most effective move there is. Lock it down for free at all four bureaus: Equifax, Experian, TransUnion and Innovis, the fourth one most people forget. Nobody opens an account in your name while your credit is frozen.
  2. Watch your medical mail. Medical identity theft shows up in the explanation of benefits from your health insurance company. Something looks off? Billed for care you never received? Call your insurer right away. On Medicaid? Notify your state Medicaid office, too.
  3. Trust nothing that comes next. Scammers buy breach lists the minute they drop. Expect calls, texts and emails that use your real name and address. That’s not proof they’re legit. That’s proof they bought the list.
  4. Kill your reused passwords. Start with any accounts tied to insurance or a health portal, plus any sharing a password with those.