Posted on Oct 8, 2023
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online
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Hackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic testing service 23andMe, which is now being shared on the internet.
A database that has been shared on dark web forums and viewed by NBC News has a list of 999,999 people who allegedly have used the service. It includes their first and last name, sex, and 23andMe’s evaluation of where their ancestors came from. The database is titled “ashkenazi DNA Data of Celebrities,” though most of the people on it aren’t famous, and it appears to have been sorted to only include people with Ashkenazi heritage.
NBC News was able to verify the data of two 23andMe users in the breach as authentic.
“Crazy, this could be used by Nazis,” one person who appears in the database said.
A database that has been shared on dark web forums and viewed by NBC News has a list of 999,999 people who allegedly have used the service. It includes their first and last name, sex, and 23andMe’s evaluation of where their ancestors came from. The database is titled “ashkenazi DNA Data of Celebrities,” though most of the people on it aren’t famous, and it appears to have been sorted to only include people with Ashkenazi heritage.
NBC News was able to verify the data of two 23andMe users in the breach as authentic.
“Crazy, this could be used by Nazis,” one person who appears in the database said.
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."popular option available to the company’s 14 million users, called DNA Relatives, allows any account to search for others who may be even a distant genetic match. A single account can see the accounts of thousands of others. 23andMe believes that the hackers simply recycled some users’ passwords — it isn’t clear how many — to scrape the list of people it had labeled as having Ashkenazi heritage.
“We are taking this issue seriously and will continue our investigation to confirm these preliminary results,” the statement said. "
..."popular option available to the company’s 14 million users, called DNA Relatives, allows any account to search for others who may be even a distant genetic match. A single account can see the accounts of thousands of others. 23andMe believes that the hackers simply recycled some users’ passwords — it isn’t clear how many — to scrape the list of people it had labeled as having Ashkenazi heritage.
“We are taking this issue seriously and will continue our investigation to confirm these preliminary results,” the statement said. "
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