Disclosure context

About spacebears

Spacebears is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional operation focused on maximizing financial returns rather than geopolitical objectives. With 117 known victims since their emergence, Spacebears has shown particular focus on organizations in the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada, with their attacks primarily affecting technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and business services sectors, indicating they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than sector-specific specialization. Their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public reporting from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies, limiting detailed analysis of their operational procedures and tools. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public intelligence reporting, notable high-profile campaigns and specific victim details remain largely undocumented in established threat intelligence channels. The group's current operational status appears active given their recent emergence timeline, though comprehensive analysis is constrained by the lack of detailed public reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 147 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2024; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: space bears.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 12, 2026SmilePoint Dental Group listed by spacebearson 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, SmilePoint Dental Group is reported in US, a country with 2,713 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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SmilePoint Dental Group

Claimed by spacebears · listed 9 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: spacebears
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

SmilePoint Dental Group is a rapidly expanding dental organization operating 26–28 offices across Texas and New Mexico under brands including Crosby Family Dental, Liberty Family Dental, Jasper Family Dental, and SmilePoint Dental. The group provides comprehensive dental services including general dentistry, orthodontics, cosmetic care, implants, and preventive treatments to communities, with a focus on smaller and suburban markets. Its administrative headquarters is located in Houston, TX.

Industry: Dental & Orthodontic Healthcare Services
Address: 3838 N Sam Houston Pkwy E, Ste 290, Houston, TX 77032

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of regulated PII at scale including patient social security numbers and medical histories from a multi-site healthcare provider, constituting protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA and sensitive financial identifiers across a patient population served by 26–28 dental offices.

The group claims to have exfiltrated a patient database containing social security numbers and medical histories, financial reports, and access credentials/data for the local EagleSoft dental practice management database, with the stated data sufficient to deploy a fully functional copy of SmilePoint's EagleSoft environment.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Patient social security numbers
Patient medical histories
EagleSoft dental practice management database
Financial reports

What the group claims

SmilePoint Dental Group is a fast-growing dental organization operating 26–28 offices across Texas and New Mexico.The group runs multiple family dental clinics and orthodontics practices in smaller communities under various brands such as Crosby Family Dental, Liberty Family Dental, Jasper Family Dental, SmilePoint Dental, and others.They offer comprehensive services including general dentistry, orthodontics, cosmetic care, implants, and preventive treatments with modern equipment.- Patient database with social security numbers and medical histories- Access to the local EagleSoft database- Financial reportsThe data provided will allow you to deploy the company's database on any PC with full access to SmilePoint's EagleSoft functionality. https://www.smilepoint.us

The leak post

captured from the group's site

SmilePoint Dental Group is a fast-growing dental organization operating 26–28 offices across Texas and New Mexico.The group runs multiple family dental clinics and orthodontics practices in smaller communities under various brands such as Crosby Family Dental, Liberty Family Dental, Jasper Family Dental, SmilePoint Dental, and others.They offer comprehensive services including general dentistry, orthodontics, cosmetic care, implants, and preventive treatments with modern equipment.
- Patient database with social security numbers and medical histories- Access to the local EagleSoft database- Financial reports
The data provided will allow you to deploy the company's database on any PC with full access to SmilePoint's EagleSoft functionality.

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for SmilePoint Dental Group

Sources

Source

Indexed 9 days ago

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