23andMe confirms hackers stole DNA data of 6.9 million users

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Nearly seven million 23andMe customers have had their data compromised after hackers broke into the genetic testing company’s site in early October. The US-based company said in a regulatory filing that the personal data of 0.1 per cent of customers — about 14,000 — had been accessed by “threat actors”. However, the filing warned that hackers were also able to access “a significant number of files containing profile information about other users’ ancestry.” The company admitted to TechCrunch last week that because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed...