DentaQuest Data Breach Exposes 2.6 Million Accounts
DentaQuest, a U.S. dental benefits administrator and a subsidiary of Sun Life, suffered a data breach that was disclosed on June 8, 2026. The ShinyHunters extortion group claimed responsibility for leaking exfiltrated data, which included personal information from approximately 2.6 million accounts. The compromised data consisted of names, email addresses, government IDs, and health insurance details. ShinyHunters reportedly published over 230 gigabytes of this data after negotiations failed.
Signal context
First seen: Jun 8, 2026
Last updated: Jun 26, 2026
Status: Public signal
Key points
- Disclosure date: June 8, 2026.
- 2.6 million accounts exposed.
- Data exposed: names, emails, government IDs, health insurance details.
Signal analysis
BetaThis analysis groups the signal by industry, likely incident action and impacted security area. It helps compare this signal with other published signals without treating the labels as final determinations.
Sector: Finance and Insurance
Likely country: Location not provided
Watch internet-facing systems, credential abuse and exploit activity.
- Source type: outside the affected organization
Impact area: Confidentiality
Likely asset: User or customer data
- 19 signals in the same sector
- 93 signals with the same likely impact area
- 2 signals linked to this organization/domain
External sources
Dentaquest Hit with Cyberstrike Affecting 2.6M | West Virginia Dental Associationhttps://www.wvdental.org/news/dentaquest-hit-with-cyberstrike-affecting-2-6mPublic source from wvdental.org.
DentaQuest data breach exposed info of 2.6 million accountshttps://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/05/data-breach-roundup-may-29-june-4-2026/Public source from privacyguides.org.
Hackers Leak DentaQuest Information Impacting 2.6 Million - SecurityWeekhttps://www.securityweek.com/hackers-leak-dentaquest-information-impacting-2-6-million/Public source from securityweek.com.
8th June – Threat Intelligence Reporthttps://research.checkpoint.com/2026/8th-june-threat-intelligence-report/Public source from research.checkpoint.com.
Top 10 Cybersecurity News (June 8, 2026): HTTP/2 Bomb Crashes Web Servers In Seconds, World Food Programme Breach Exposes Gaza Households, and Morehttps://www.cybersecuritynews.com/top-10-cybersecurity-news-june-8-2026/Public source from cybersecuritynews.com.
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DentaQuest, a major U.S. dental and vision insurance provider, was reportedly hit by a data breach, with cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claiming responsibility. ShinyHunters threatened to release stolen information on May 27, 2026, after failed ransom negotiations. DentaQuest confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its network and initiated an investigation. The leaked data, reportedly over 234 GB, included 2.6 million unique email addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, government-issued IDs, health insurance information, genders, and dates of birth.
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