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23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Hope this isn't a repeated submission. Funny how they're trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

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[โ€“] CosmicCleric 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Users used bad passwords. Their accounts where accessed using their legitimate, bad, passwords.

Just as an anecdotal counterpoint, I am a 23andMe customer who did receive notification of my account was accessed and personal information obtained.

This was my password at the time: 7Kk5bXjIdfB25

That password was auto-generated for me by the BitWarden app.

So for what it's worth I don't think my password was a 'bad' password.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Your direct account was accessed or some of your information was access through a compromised account? those are big differences and from what I've read only the latter should have been possible. and in my opinion, not such a big deal.