deltatux :donor: on Nostr: The recent data breach of 23andMe affects over 7 million people and is a great ...
The recent data breach of 23andMe affects over 7 million people and is a great reminder why you should never reuse passwords for multiple accounts.
The company claims that a small user base were breached after a credential stuffing attack. When asked why breaching a small subset of users can affect over 7 million people, the company stated that in their preliminary investigation, it's likely the attackers were able to scrape additional people's data through their optional DNA Relatives feature that allows participants to find out other users they may be related to.
Also a good reminder regarding how much data these companies have and how they can correlate genetic information where a small breach can affect so many. It's mind boggling how much health information these companies collect.
https://therecord.media/scraping-incident-genetic-testing-site
#infosec #cybersecurity #databreach #credentialstuffing #23andMe #genetic #healthdata #PHI #healthsec
The company claims that a small user base were breached after a credential stuffing attack. When asked why breaching a small subset of users can affect over 7 million people, the company stated that in their preliminary investigation, it's likely the attackers were able to scrape additional people's data through their optional DNA Relatives feature that allows participants to find out other users they may be related to.
Also a good reminder regarding how much data these companies have and how they can correlate genetic information where a small breach can affect so many. It's mind boggling how much health information these companies collect.
https://therecord.media/scraping-incident-genetic-testing-site
#infosec #cybersecurity #databreach #credentialstuffing #23andMe #genetic #healthdata #PHI #healthsec