Last updated: August 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM UTC
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DentaQuest notifies more than 23 million people after a data theft attack

Dental benefits administrator DentaQuest, part of Sun Life, is notifying more than 23 million people that their personal and health information was stolen in a May 2026 network intrusion. The company found unauthorized access on May 20 and determined attackers were in its network between May 17 and 20. Exposed data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, member, Medicaid, and Medicare identifiers, and dental and vision health details such as diagnoses, treatments, and billing. The extortion group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and leaked roughly 234GB. DentaQuest has confirmed at least 15 million affected, with independent analysis putting the figure above 23 million, and is offering two years of monitoring.

Check
People with DentaQuest or associated Medicaid or Medicare dental coverage should watch for a notification, enroll in the offered monitoring, consider a credit freeze, and be alert to health-themed phishing.
Affected
More than 23 million DentaQuest members whose names, Social Security numbers, government program identifiers, and dental and vision health records were exposed and leaked, supporting identity theft and targeted fraud.
Fix
Affected people should freeze credit and monitor benefits statements. Organizations holding health data should segment it, enforce phishing-resistant MFA, monitor for bulk data access, and prepare for extortion-driven leaks.

Dental-benefits provider DentaQuest added to Have I Been Pwned with 2,553,599 breached accounts; healthcare-themed phishing risk

Have I Been Pwned has added US dental-benefits provider DentaQuest to its breach corpus with 2,553,599 unique email addresses. DentaQuest is one of the largest dental and vision benefits administrators in the United States, serving Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial members. As is typical for HIBP additions, the underlying breach source and disclosure details are not published alongside the entry, but the listing lets individuals and organizations check whether their accounts appear in the leaked dataset. Healthcare and insurance data carries elevated risk: affected members should anticipate benefits-themed phishing, claim-status lures, and identity-theft attempts, and should rotate any reused passwords. It is among the larger US healthcare-adjacent breaches surfacing recently.

Check
Check whether your @company emails appear in HIBP's DentaQuest corpus. Warn affected staff about dental/medical-benefits-themed phishing - claim status, coverage updates, refund lures - over the next 60-90 days.
Affected
2,553,599 unique email addresses tied to DentaQuest dental and vision benefits members (Medicaid, Medicare, commercial). Healthcare data elevates identity-theft and benefits-phishing risk.
Fix
Affected individuals: rotate DentaQuest passwords and any reused elsewhere, enable MFA, monitor benefits statements. Organizations: add DentaQuest to breach-monitoring watchlists and brief staff on healthcare-themed social engineering.