Genetic testing company 23andMe admitted hackers accessed the personal data of approximately 14,000 individuals, 0.1% of its customers.
According to TechCrunch, the company said that “hackers were also able to access ‘a significant number of files containing profile information about other users’ ancestry.’”
In total, the data breach impacted about 6.9 million users.
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TechCrunch reports:
In an email sent to TechCrunch late on Saturday, 23andMe spokesperson Katie Watson confirmed that hackers accessed the personal information of about 5.5 million people who opted-in to 23andMe’s DNA Relatives feature, which allows customers to automatically share some of their data with others. The stolen data included the person’s name, birth year, relationship labels, the percentage of DNA shared with relatives, ancestry reports and self-reported location.
23andMe also confirmed that another group of about 1.4 million people who opted-in to DNA Relatives also “had their Family Tree profile information accessed,” which…
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