Hacker Group Steals and Sells 23andMe User Data Targeting Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Users
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A hacker group stole 23andMe user data and posted it for sale online.
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The data appears targeted at Ashkenazi Jews, with over 1 million data points leaked.
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Chinese users also had hundreds of thousands of records leaked.
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The hack was done by guessing account logins, not a data breach.
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23andMe recommends enabling two-factor authentication for added security.