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Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    Why? I mean they’re all dead why would you want to have this information how was it useful how are they going to use it?

    • MeatPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Time traveling hackers.

      Their goal? To travel back in time and establish the first spam marketing service before the FCC established guidelines to restrict spam and before the discovery of the telephone!

      • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        That’s ridiculous, it’s obvious they’re just normal hackers who are doing the very standard thing of collecting family connections and relationship data so they can locate the true scion of Jesus and unlock the secrets of the holy grail. It’s what all the scam centers and bot armies do.