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23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-01-03

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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23andMe disclosed a large-scale data breach in which attackers initially credential-stuffed roughly 14,000 accounts and then accessed or scraped ancestry and genetic data for about 6.9 million users via the platform’s DNA Relatives feature; the company reset passwords, made MFA mandatory, and faces multiple class-action lawsuits while contesting liability and blaming recycled passwords.

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