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.

  • hoanbridgetroll
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    8 months ago

    I’d love to know all of that. I just don’t ever trust a private corporation to safeguard my highly personal and unique DNA information from:

    • a foreign scammer looking to make a buck
    • my government looking to close a case
    • a foreign government looking for kompromat
    • a health care company looking for reasons to deny coverage.

    It’s too easy for a company to skimp on staff and digital security and then say “we’re soooo sowwwy, have 3 months of identity fraud protection on us” if they find a breach.