23andMe may try to blame the victims for their massive data breach, but how are they going to blame anyone for it taking them five months to detect the breach? Mariella Moon reports:
In late 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe admitted that its customer data was leaked online. A company representative told us back then that the bad actors were able to access the DNA Relatives profile information of roughly 5.5 million customers and the Family Tree profile information of 1.4 million DNA Relative participants. Now, the company has revealed more details about the incident in a legal filing where it said that the hackers started breaking into customer accounts in late April 2023. The bad actors’ activities went on for months and lasted until September 2023 before the company finally found out about the security breach.
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