Hacker leaks millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles

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Ashkenazi Jews who used 23andMe services to find their ancestry info and genetic predispositionspp23andMe told BleepingComputer that this data was obtained through credential stuffing attacks on accounts using weak passwords or credentials exposed in other data breaches However the company says there is no evidence of a security incident on their IT systemsppThe company says that only a limited number of accounts were breached but they opted into the DNA Relatives feature allowing the threat actor to scrape millions of individuals datappYesterday a threat actor named Golem who is allegedly behind the 23andMe attacks leaked an additional 41 million data profiles of people in Great Britain and Germany on the BreachForums hacking forumppThis additional leak includes 4011607 lines of 23andMe data for people living in Great BritainppThe threat actors claim that the stolen data includes genetic information on the royal family the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers BleepingComputer has not been able to confirm if these statements are accurateppYou can see the wealthiest people living in the US and Western Europe on this list the hackers say in the below forum postppToday the same hacker released an additional CSV file containing the 23andMe data of 139172 people living in GermanyppAs reported by TechCrunch some of the newly leaked data from Great Britain has been verified as matching known and public user and genetic informationppTechCrunch also reports that some of the leaked 23andMe data was being sold in August 2023 on the nowshutdown Hydra hacking forum where the threat actor claimed to have stolen 300 terabytes of datappThe threat actor on BreachForums also claims to have hundreds of TBs of data in their possession likely indicating that this is the same stolen datappIn a new statement to BleepingComputer 23andMe says they are aware of the new leak of data and are investigatingppToday we were made aware that the threat actor involved in this investigation posted what they claim to be additional customer DNA Relative profile information 23andMe told BleepingComputerppWe are currently reviewing the data to determine if it is legitimate Our investigation is ongoing and if we learn that a customers data has been accessed without their authorization we will notify them directly with more informationppWith the amount of allegedly stolen information we will likely continue to see further data leaks as the threat actor attempts to drum up enough interest to get a buyerppWhile 23andMe says that only a small number of customer accounts were breached the DNA Relatives feature turned this into a significantly larger data leakppThese leaks have already led to a myriad of lawsuits against 23andMe that claim there is a lack of information about the breach and that the company did not adequately protect customers datappUpdate 101923 Added 23andMe statementppGenetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attackppDutch hacker jailed for extortion 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