Ransomware victim disclosure

DentaQuest

listed as DentaQuest.com · Claimed by shinyhunters · listed 4 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 23, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: shinyhunters
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: May 23, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

DentaQuest is a dental insurance and benefits provider operating in the United States. The company manages dental plans and related administrative services for members.

Industry: Dental Insurance & Benefits

Attack summary

Severity: high — Healthcare sector with presumed access to PII and health-related data at scale; threat of exfiltration of regulated data (HIPAA-protected); however no proof published yet and ransom demand suggests encryption/access rather than confirmed data exfiltration.

ShinyHunters claims to have compromised DentaQuest and threatens to exfiltrate and publish sensitive data by 27 May 2026 unless ransom is paid. No proof materials have been published as of the post date.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

member personal information
dental claims data
insurance records

What the group claims

You wouldn't want us to describe what data and how much data was compromised publicly. It is in your best interests to reply to us or we are leaking it all by the deadline. This is a final warning to reach out by 27 May 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. Pay or Leak. | Updated: 23 May 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK

Sources

Victim siteDentaQuest.com

Source

Indexed 4 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About shinyhunters

Based on the limited publicly available information, shinyhunters appears to be a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in October 2025, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, and there is insufficient public documentation to determine whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than sector-specific specialization. The group has reportedly victimized approximately 77 organizations, with primary targeting focused on the United States, France, Japan, Germany, and Australia, showing particular interest in consumer services, technology, financial services, transportation and logistics, and education sectors. Given the group's very recent emergence in late 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by established security research organizations, and no known law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of shinyhunters remains active based on available reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security firms like Mandiant, CrowdStrike, or government agencies have not yet been published due to the group's recent appearance in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 111 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 3, 2025; most recent post May 23, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 23, 2026DentaQuest.com listed by shinyhunterson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, DentaQuest.com is reported in US, a country with 2,713 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.