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User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web::User data from 23andMe accounts has been leaked and put up for sale on a dark web forum after what appeared to be a "credential stuffing" cyberattack.

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[–] FrostyTrichs 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Companies have to know about an attack and announce it to the public for it to exist? For all anyone knows Google is littered with backdoors and zero days and the people responsible are smart enough to siphon off the data quietly. Nothing is safe online and we need to stop pretending Google wouldn't downplay or sweep a breach under the rug to save face.

Google shouldn't be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Google shouldn't be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

While I agree with this, I also must say that yes, EU law literally says that you have to disclose data breaches in 72 hours or something (can't remember exactly how many). If something happened, we would probably know it