23andMe Admits Major Data Breach as Hackers Access Ancestry Information of Millions
Genetic testing giant 23andMe has admitted in a SEC filing that it has suffered a massive breach that has exposed the ancestry information of millions of customers utilizing the DNA Relatives feature.
Guess what. You're compromised even if you haven't submitted yours DNA, because you 5 second cousins that have submitted theirs.
Yes. I was very upset with my late father when he told me he sent his DNA in. Obviously that will include myself and my siblings and their offspring.
He meant no harm and had a keen interest in out family tree. It was hard to blame him. If we were in a more perfect world, this could have been cool. But alas, we are not.