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23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)

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At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

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[-] macracanthorhynchus@mander.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

Y chromosomes have very little information on them, and the DNA there is pretty highly conserved. You're not really keeping any secrets by hiding your Y chromosome away.

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