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.
Captain Obvious was hiding for a while. Now, he runs with your most personal data. Even your kids will thank you in coming years for whatever behavior, diseases, IQ or political preferences will be found to be rooted in genomic data. The world will know theirs.
Edit: Oh, and you‘ll help your family members to be jailed, if somehow involved in criminal acts.
Oh, and you‘ll help your family members to be jailed, if somehow involved in criminal acts.
The police have been using that data to solve crimes for years. That’s how they found the golden state killer and others.
Public genealogy databases, which contain information from people who have obtained their DNA profiles from companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com, have become a powerful police tool…
OMG that was terrible. I usually proof read before posting. I’ll get that cleaned up. Thanks for pointing that out.
In a just world they would be fined out of existence. The owners/CEO etc should spend time in prison.
