2 posts tagged ‘23andMe’

• Here's Why the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster

  Gizmodo, Dec 10, 2023

  Earlier this week, 23andMe admitted that an October hack was dramatically worse than the company initially admitted, affecting 6.9 million people, not the 14,000 it first reported. 23andMe followed up with an early Christmas present for users: a terms of service update that funnels disgruntled users into a mass… Read more...

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• 23andMe Breach

  mjtsai, Dec 8, 2023

  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (Hacker News): On Friday, genetic testing company 23andMe announced that hackers accessed the personal data of 0.1% of customers, or about 14,000 individuals. The company also said that by accessing those accounts, hackers were also able to access “a significant number of files containing profile information about other users’ ancestry.” But 23andMe would […]

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