23andMe says it’s been majorly compromised after hackers busted into their system a couple months ago and accessed about half of their user base’s very private data. The DNA ancestry company — which lets people look into their past and connect with distant relatives — had their digital archives breached in October … but the … Read more
23andMe has finally confirmed the extent of its recent data breach, and it’s not good news. A total of 6.9 million users of the genetic testing site have been affected, TechCrunch reported on Monday. 23andMe explained that although only 0.1 percent of its customers (14,000 users) had their information accessed by hackers initially, this then … Read more
Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published Friday, the company said that, based on its investigation into the incident, it had determined that hackers had accessed 0.1% of its customer … Read more
Even if you’ve only dipped your toe in the at-home DNA testing pool, you’ve probably come across AncestryDNA and 23andMe during your search. They are the two most popular DNA testing kits that help you learn about your family history and health information. Both require a saliva sample to analyze your DNA and infer where … Read more
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that highlights notable tech industry happenings over the past few days. Life moves pretty fast, as a young Matthew Broderick once said — we empathize. Fortunately, there’s WiR to get you caught up to speed. In this edition of WiR, we cover a hacker leaking … Read more
The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records. On Tuesday, a hacker who goes by Golem published a new dataset of 23andMe user information containing records of four million users on the known cybercrime forum … Read more
A group of 23andMe users’ data was stolen by hackers and posted for sale on BreachForum, Wired reported. On Friday (Oct. 6), the company confirmed that data was compromised, but said that there wasn’t a data breach. Instead, the hackers guessed the logins for users and then used DNA Relatives, an opt-in 23andMe feature where … Read more
The genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed on Friday that data from a subset of its users has been compromised. The company said its systems were not breached and that attackers gathered the data by guessing the login credentials of a group of users and then scraping more people’s information from a feature known as DNA … Read more
See at Ancestry AncestryDNA Finest integration of DNA evaluation and historic analysis With a number of completely different DNA exams that may inform you all about your genetics with out you ever having to go to a physician’s workplace, it is by no means been simpler or extra inexpensive to attempt one out. Some DNA check providers … Read more