What to Do If You’re Concerned About the 23andMe Breach

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In early October, a bad actor claimed they were selling account details from the genetic testing service, 23andMe, which included alleged data of one million users of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and another 100,000 users of Chinese descent. By mid-October this expanded out to another four million more general accounts. The data includes display name, birth year, sex, and some details about genetic ancestry results, but no genetic data. There’s nothing you can do if your data was already accessed, but it’s a good time to reconsider how you’re using the service to begin with. 

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