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, the consumer DNA sequencing company 23andMe has acknowledged a breach that's seemingly led to its customers' genetic info circulating online., an unidentified hacker posted on a data-selling forum that they had access to a million lines of DNA information on the consumer DNA company's users.
Even more darkly, the hackers are specifically offering data on users they say have Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry — even teasing, with no evidence and in starkly anti-semitic terms, that some data belongs to notable public figures. "On offer are DNA profiles of millions, ranging from the world's top business magnates to dynasties often whispered about in conspiracy theories," one of the posts on the data-selling forum reads. "Each set of data also comes with corresponding email addresses.
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