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Where is the wall to wall 24x7 coverage of this? I guess if it's not a company that is competing for eyeballs and clicks then it's not a big deal...
by tqi 3y ago
Where is the wall to wall 24x7 coverage of this? I guess if it's not a company that is competing for eyeballs and clicks then it's not a big deal...
- tzs 3y agoIt was already extensively covered when it was new. It probably died down because when you strip the sensationalism from the stories it comes down to this. 1. Bad guys took leaked emails and passwords that were leaked from other sites and tried them on 23andMe. 2. 14000 of those people in those leaks from other sites had 23andMe accounts and used the same email and password at 23andMe. 3. That gave the bad guys access to everything on those accounts. 4. 23andMe has an opt in feature that shows you all your relatives on 23andMe who have also opted in. "Relative" means people out to 4th cousins. Mine has 1500, although I suspect that the average is more like 700. 5. The majority of 23andMe users opt in to relative sharing. This is not surprising since finding relatives is one of the major reasons people use DNA testing services. 6. If you are on 23andMe and opted into relative sharing, and any one of your relatives who also opted in is one of the 14000 from #2, then the bad guys can see your name, geographical area, and DNA relationship to your relative from #2 on that person's relatives list. 7. That turns out to be about 7 million people.