MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHealth (basic)HighContained

Absolute Dental Services

bd_a0704dd53210bc0e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 26, 2025

Filed

Aug 26, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

1,001state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Absolute Dental Services →3 incidents on file

Absolute Dental Group, LLC reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting 1,001 individuals. The incident occurred between February 19 and March 5, 2025, and was discovered on February 26, 2025. The breach involved the encryption of data and exfiltration of PII, including names and government IDs. The company offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Feb 19, 2025

Begins

Feb 26, 2025

Discovered

Aug 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_12e8e0ea42bb10962025-08-26Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_266a04b89230534e2025-08-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_8c78805ac27802ed2025-08-26Candidate
California State AGbd_c2d0c40394c137992025-08-26Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Oregon State AGbd_e6e50b3fc77ee7a52025-08-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f2b702bf628e0f162025-08-26Verified
Texas State AGbd_50538cdfeab123812025-08-28 · +2dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_5b46d760e0e54f592025-09-01 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_93c3c495b2e601782025-08-01 · +25dVerified

Name: Absolute Dental Services
norm: absolute dental

Name: Absolute Dental Services
norm: absolute dental
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2025 – Mar 5, 2025
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,001state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Offered credit monitoring and identity protection services
Notified affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGAug 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+25d

Nebraska State AG+25d

Montana State AG+25d

California State AG+25d

Oregon State AG+25d

Massachusetts State AG+25d

Washington State AG+25d · this page

Texas State AG+27d

Illinois State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (IL), last Sep 1 (IL) — a 31-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA34468.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2025
Raw hash: b4d55faacdae200a30f84ec35839c519598eb0fb6961b26c3ca76c0823da7a60

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAbsolute Dental Services

Victim entityAbsolute Dental Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2025

Stated responseOffered credit monitoring and identity protection services

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com