23andMe Confirms User Data Has Been Hacked

October 8, 2023 News, Technology

Ars Technica reports:

Genetic profiling service 23andMe has commenced an investigation after private user data was been scraped off its website. Friday’s confirmation comes five days after an unknown entity took to an online crime forum to advertise the sale of private information for millions of 23andMe users.

The forum posts claimed that the stolen data included origin estimation, phenotype, health information, photos, and identification data. The posts claimed that 23andMe’s CEO was aware the company had been “hacked” two months earlier and never revealed the incident.

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— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) October 7, 2023