23andme data breach

23Andme confirms hackers stole 6.9 million users data now originally, when this data breach occurred, 23andMe did not actually mention how many other users were impacted by the breach. And now they have hi, I'm Kaitlyn. I'm a cybersecurity and data protection expert and I want to help you stay safe online. Let's go. On Friday, 23andMe announced that hackers access point 1% of customers or about 14,000 individuals. But they also continue to say that by accessing those accounts, hackers are able to get access to a significant number of files.

The 23andMe spokesperson confirmed that hackers accessed the personal information of about 5.5 million people who opted into 23andMe's DNA relatives feature. The stolen data included the person's name, birth year, relationship labels, the percentage of DNA shared with relatives and sister reports, and self reported location.

And to make things even better, on top of the 5.5 million users data previously, they also confirmed that another group of about 1.4 million people who opted into DNA relatives also had their family tree profile information access. This includes display names, relationship labels, birth year and self reported location. Now TechCrunch also states that considering the new numbers, the breach actually affected 14 million customers. I'm not sure I need to do more research, but I definitely wanted to get this information out there to you guys.

Fortunately, we've never really had a data breach with this type of data AKA like ancestry data. But normally when you have a data breach you want to make sure you're changing username and password if they're being reused. And you also want to just monitor credit reports like.

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