The following is from The Hill.
An estimated 6.9 million users of the genetic testing company 23andMe had their personal information stolen by hackers in a recent data breach, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Monday.
A spokesperson for 23andMe told The Hill an estimated 5.5 million users had their data accessed from the company’s DNA Relatives feature, which helps users find and connect with family relatives who also have the feature enabled.
Hackers also breached the data of an additional 1.4 million people’s family tree profiles, which includes a variety of identifying information about the user, the spokesperson said.
TechCrunch first reported the estimated 6.9 million users impacted in the breach.
23andMe first announced the data breach in early October and said both third-party forensic experts and federal law enforcement officials were assisting in the investigation.
Last Friday, the company said the investigation was complete, and filed findings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the findings, the company said hackers were able to access 0.1 percent of the company’s user data, which the company called a “very small percentage.” The spokesperson confirmed Monday this equals about 14,000 users.
Hackers were able to access accounts in instances where usernames and passwords that were used on the 23andMe website matched those used on other websites that were previously compromised, according to the spokesperson.
Following 23andMe’s initial announcement of the data breach in October, Connecticut State Attorney General William Tong requested additional information on the incident, which he alleged targeted the data of individuals with Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese heritage.
Tong claimed the hack led to the sale of at least one million data profiles with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage on the illegal market and that another leak exposed data related to hundreds of thousands of people with Chinese ancestry.
At the time, a 23andMe spokesperson told The Hill its investigation suggested “threat actors were able to access certain accounts in instances where users recycled login credentials.”
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1. Who are the silent partners for 23andMe, the inside guys?
2. Would China or WHO or US Exec branch, benefit more with this info? Ashkenazi – China?
3. You didn’t say DNA info was stolen, but all 3 entities would be very appreciative of getting that data… so they could tailor the next flu and mRNA vax to ‘get’ the next group of folks they want. So far, covid ‘got’ old folks, and this new flu in China is ‘getting’ the young ones.
4. How does 0.1 percent hacked equal 6.3 million (do they have 6.3 billion users)?
5. Where on the dark web is this information found?
1. Who are the silent partners for 23andMe, the inside guys?
2. Would China or WHO or US Exec branch, benefit more with this info? Ashkenazi – China?
3. You didn’t say DNA info was stolen, but all 3 entities would be very appreciative of getting that data… so they could tailor the next flu and mRNA vax to ‘get’ the next group of folks they want. So far, covid ‘got’ old folks, and this new flu in China is ‘getting’ the young ones.
4. How does 0.1 percent hacked equal 6.3 million (do they have 6.3 billion users)?
5. Where on the dark web is this information found?