23andMe investigating theft and leak of user data

[pixy0stix]

www.axios.com/2023/10/07/23andme-user-data-leak

[ellipses84]

Well that is terrifying

“Why it matters: The attacker behind the incident already leaked to a popular hacking forum an initial sample of 1 million data points about users with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, according to a post seen by Axios.

The initial sample includes people's full names, birth years, location information and more, per the post.

The attacker also reportedly published a separate sample with information about more than 300,000 users with Chinese heritage earlier in the week, according to The Record.”

[tiki]

Update those ancient & re-used passwords, folks;

However, the spokesperson stressed that the company does not "have any indication at this time that there has been a data security incident within our systems." Instead, the company believes the attacker gained access to users' accounts by reusing passwords stolen from breaches of other companies' systems.

www.axios.com/2023/10/07/23andme-user-data-leak

[erbear]

Oct 9, 2023 0:34:20 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

Well that is terrifying

“Why it matters: The attacker behind the incident already leaked to a popular hacking forum an initial sample of 1 million data points about users with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, according to a post seen by Axios.

The initial sample includes people's full names, birth years, location information and more, per the post.

The attacker also reportedly published a separate sample with information about more than 300,000 users with Chinese heritage earlier in the week, according to The Record.”

That's really scary, particularly at this moment.