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While, as Engadget reports, 23andMe has insisted that no genetic material or DNA records were taken in the hacking of its ancestry data, the incident does raise implications for what might happen ...
For the last decade, 23andMe has been known worldwide for offering genetic testing, ancestry tracing and health information to its customers. Now the company’s future appears to be uncertain ...
23andMe, a genetic-testing and ancestry-tracing company, collects the most personal kind of data from its customers: their DNA. Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation ...
23andMe Holding Co. is an American personal genomics and biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. [1] It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, [2] to generate reports relating to the customer's ancestry and genetic ...
This database consists of genetic profiles of approximately 18 million different people, however these are limited to DNA samples from convicted felons and arrestees. [26] Data on the racial distribution of profiles suggests that 8.6% of the entire African American population is present in the database compared to only 2% of the white population.
23andMe's once rising star has dimmed amid a series of setbacks, leading some users to wonder what will happen to their genetic data.
Whether in search of relatives, a family's country of origin, or to understand personal disease risk, 15 million people have shared their DNA with 23andMe since the genetic test site launched in 2006.
In October 2023, Wired reported that a sample of data points from 23andMe accounts were exposed on BreachForums, a black-hat hacking crime forum. [1]23andMe confirmed to TechCrunch that because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed was 6.9 million, nearly half of 23andMe’s 14 million reported customers.