23andMe Says Hackers Stole Ancestry Data of 6.9M Users

Credential-Stuffing Attack Led to Profile Scraping
Genetics testing firm 23andMe says hackers, in a credential-stuffing attack this fall, siphoned the ancestry data of 6.9 million individuals. 23andMe disclosed the attack on Oct. 1, stating the attackers had scraped the profiles of 23andMe users who opted in to the company's DNA Relatives feature.

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