Genetic Testing Firm 23AndMe Confirms Millions of Users’ Data Put on Sale, Launches Probe

A hacker advertised the personal information of 7 million users on an online forum.
Genetic Testing Firm 23AndMe Confirms Millions of Users’ Data Put on Sale, Launches Probe
A man types on a computer keyboard on Feb. 28, 2013. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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Genetic testing company 23andMe said on Friday that it had launched an investigation into a possible data breach after the personal data of millions of users was put up for sale on the dark web.

A hacker advertised the personal information of seven million users on an online forum, which includes the users’ origin estimation, phenotype, health information, photos, and identification data.

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