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.
Who can have possibly have foreseen this happening repeatedly?
If you have a pile of gold it can only be stolen once. After that you no longer have it. If you have data it can be “stolen” an infinite number of times since each time you still have it.
Is anyone here not aware they’ve already been selling that data to insurance companies and who knows who else?
Yaaaaay my dad with a horrible genetic disease did this shit I’m never going to be able to get life insurance ever
Bonus points if you’re living in a country where mortgage must come with a life insurance as a risk mitigataion - NOW YOU’LL NEVER OWN A HOUSE - YAAAYYY.
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.
Ni.ce
Nice.
