At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it’s working to verify the data.

  • S_204@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    1 year ago

    My uncle tried to get me to do this for his family tree project.

    Super happy I didn’t cave to his persistence.

    Wonder what the angle of targeting Jews is here? Are they trying to figure out why they’ve got stomach issues or something?

    • creamed_eels@toast.ooo
      161·
      1 year ago

      Wonder what the angle of targeting Jews is here?

      …are you seriously asking? I can’t figure out if you’re trolling here. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it wasn’t breached by a group of geneticists looking to cure Tay-Sachs.

    • blterrible@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      There’s a whole conspiracy regarding Covid that RFK Jr. is blathering about. Supposedly this data breach targeted Jews and Chinese folks. I’m assuming that it’s related in some way, but it’s not clear how.