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23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)

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At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

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[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dont wanna scaremonger or anything but, like.... what the fuck else would they use that data for?

[–] MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As a power fantasy mostly. They might pass it around and use it to jerk each other off but not much more than that. The problem is, it's only a fantasy until it makes it's way into the hands of someone with the means and derangement to act on it: two qualities which, depending on where you live, can be unsettlingly easy to come by

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Engineering a targeted virus?

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 year ago

Thankfully, thats not quite how viruses work