Data breach

Bright Smile Dental Care: a health data breach

Bright Smile Dental Care, a healthcare provider in IN, reported a breach of health information affecting 7,601 people to the US Department of Health and Human Services on October 1, 2026. HHS records the breach type as hacking/it incident, involving network server.

The record

Organisation
Bright Smile Dental Careas named by the source; not matched to a verified organisation
Records affected
7,601 records
Data exposed
Protected health information
Sector
Healthcare
Occurred
Not disclosed
Disclosed
2026-10-01
First recorded here
2026-10-31

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Sources (1)

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  1. 2026-10-01