A company spokesperson said the hackers gained access to some customer accounts through reused passwords.

Genetic testing company 23andMe said Monday that hackers were able to access the data of about 6.9 million people, far more than the company previously acknowledged.

The finding is the result of an investigation 23andMe launched in October, after at least one list of people whom the site identified as having Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry was posted online.

  • anewbeginning@lemmy.world
    101·
    11 months ago

    One of those events you could see from afar. It’s almost non news. You create a treasure trove of data, you can be sure it will be targeted and eventually, stolen.