23andMe hacked
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:42 am
Remember 23andMe coming up in another thread? Well they got hacked and not only did the usual info get stolen but apparently someone is targeting people of Ashkenazi* Jewish ancestry with the release data on the darkweb.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/23 ... rcna119324
*About half of Jewish people around the world today identify as Ashkenazi, meaning that they descend from Jews who lived in Central or Eastern Europe. The term was initially used to define a distinct cultural group of Jews who settled in the 10th century in the Rhineland in western Germany.
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked onlineHackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic testing service 23andMe, which is now being shared on the internet.
A database that has been shared on dark web forums and viewed by NBC News has a list of 999,999 people who allegedly have used the service. It includes their first and last name, sex, and 23andMe’s evaluation of where their ancestors came from. The database is titled “ashkenazi DNA Data of Celebrities,” though most of the people on it aren’t famous, and it appears to have been sorted to only include people with Ashkenazi heritage.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/23 ... rcna119324
*About half of Jewish people around the world today identify as Ashkenazi, meaning that they descend from Jews who lived in Central or Eastern Europe. The term was initially used to define a distinct cultural group of Jews who settled in the 10th century in the Rhineland in western Germany.