Hackers are promoting the information of thousands and thousands lifted from 23andMe’s genetic database

23andMe posted a weblog yesterday saying that information from customers of its genetic testing and evaluation platform has been circulating on darkish internet boards after hackers used recycled logins to achieve entry to get into accounts. BleepingComputer wrote on Thursday {that a} hacker leaked what they stated was “1 million strains of knowledge” for Ashkenazi Jewish folks earlier than saying they might promote stolen 23andMe information for $1 – $10 per account. The info consists of customers’ names, profile images, genetic ancestry outcomes, date of beginning, and geographical location.

The corporate confirmed to BleepingComputer that the information is authentic in a press release it additionally shared in an electronic mail to The Verge. Within the assertion, 23andMe managing editor Scott Hadly wrote that “the preliminary outcomes of this investigation recommend that the login credentials utilized in these entry makes an attempt could have been gathered by a menace actor from information leaked throughout incidents involving different on-line platforms the place customers have recycled login credentials.” He added that there was no indication of “a safety incident inside our techniques.” BleepingComputer studies different customers’ information was scraped utilizing certainly one of 23andMe’s personal opt-in options, known as ‘DNA Family members”

As many as 7 million accounts could also be within the sale, PCMag reported on Wednesday, citing a publish from Darkish Net Informer that shared screenshots of one other now-deleted hacker discussion board publish. That’s roughly half the entire variety of customers on 23andMe’s platform. In accordance with ArsTechnica, hackers claimed that 23andMe’s CEO knew in regards to the leaked information two months prior, however didn’t disclose the incident.