23andMe: Profiles of 6.9 million people hacked

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67624182

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nanometer@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

I could never see this coming

player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Misleading headline.

"[23andMe] was not hacked itself but cyber-criminals logged into about 14,000 individual accounts, or 0.1% of customers, by using email and password details previously exposed in other hacks.".

Edit: it's worse than they said at first:
https://www.wired.com/story/23andme-breach-sec-update/

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

The headline says "people hacked" not "23andme hacked". I see a difference there though either way people should read the article to get a full picture.