Advantage Dental hacked - over 150,000 personal records breached

Advantage Dental has sent out notices to 151,626 of its customers after a hacking which may have led to the leaking of valuable patient data, according to the Portland Tribune.

The company’s internal membership database is said to have been compromised from February 23 for three days, before the company’s intrusion detection system spotted the unauthorized access. Data accessible to intruders included patient names, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and home addresses. However, Advantage Dental stressed that treatment, payment and other financial data was not at risk.

Advantage Dental hacked - over 150,000 personal records breached