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23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Hope this isn't a repeated submission. Funny how they're trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Name, sex and ancestry were sold on the dark web, that's a breach of private data.

The feature that lets a hacker see 500 other people's personal information when they hack an account is obviously a massive security risk. Especially if you run a single use service - no one updates their password on a site they don't use anymore.

Launching the feature in the first place made this inevitable.

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    Name, sex and ancestry were sold on the dark web, that’s a breach of private data.

    It would be a breach if the data was private, but the feature itself exposes this data. That would be like presenting a concert to hundreds of people then complaining your facial attributes were leaked in social media.

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