#23andme — Public Fediverse posts

Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.404media.co/subtlefakes-slightly-altered-nonconsensual-ai-images-are-taking-over-x/

@AfDnee
Auch wenn ich den "Sinn" hinter eurer Aktion verstehe ("sehr (sehr?) viele Deutscher haben keine reindeutschen Gene"?), so kann ich die Aktion dennoch nicht gut heissen.

Warum sollte ich meine DNA an irgendeine Firma in den USA abtreten? 23andMe z.B. wurde vor grob einem Jahr erst verkauft. Was dann mit den Daten und DNA-Proben passiert bzw. noch passieren wird? Unklar…

https://archive.is/7A1ob

#privacy #dna #AncientDNA #23andme

If anyone wondered why they shouldn't hand their DNA to a for-profit service, here's a reason:

https://www.hhrjournal.org/2025/06/27/dna-for-sale-the-human-rights-crisis-in-the-23andme-bankruptcy/

#23andMe #DNA #ForSale #AuctionBlock #OldNews #NewsToMe #EvilEmpires

#23andMe to pay $18 million in new #genetics data #breach settlement
During the incident, the threat actors stole the data of 6.9 million customers, including their #genetic #ancestry information. Some of it was later offered for sale on the dark web, with the attackers leaking millions of genetic profiles as proof that the data was legitimate.
Investigators also discovered that 23andMe failed to address unusual login activity and fix known vulnerabilities.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23andme-to-pay-18-million-in-new-genetics-data-breach-settlement/

#23andMe to pay $18 million in new #genetics #DataBreach settlement

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23andme-to-pay-18-million-in-new-genetics-data-breach-settlement/

#DNA #privacy #cybersecurity

Viel wird es für den einzelnen nicht werden

Opfer des #23andme-Datenlecks erhalten Millionen-Entschädigung | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Opfer-des-23andme-Datenlecks-erhalten-Millionen-Entschaedigung-11357713.html #Datenschutz #privacy #Datenleck #DataLeak

Bankruptcy court awards $47million from #23andMe for payments to people whose #DNA samples were breached in 2023. A larger case is still being litigated by the CA Attorney General. Those fun ancestry tests were a privacy nightmare. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0vnx2192vo

Bankruptcy court awards $47million from #23andMe for payments to people whose #DNA samples were breached in 2023. A larger case is still being litigated by the CA Attorney General. Those fun ancestry tests were a privacy nightmare. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0vnx2192vo

BBC: Victims of 23andMe data breach to get $47m payout, judge rules. “Victims of a 2023 data hack at genetics testing company 23andMe are set to receive a multi-million payout from the firm. A California bankruptcy court judge ruled on Tuesday that Chrome Holding, which last year took control of 23andMe after its bankruptcy, should pay out $46.75m (£35m) in compensation.”

I wish I could use my results to get citizenship in some EU country 😅 I guess I'd need like 25% or proof of a grandparent to be able to get it though?

I know Ireland gives citizenship to people who can provide proof of ancestry.

#European #English #dna #Ancestry #23AndMe #genealogy

Via #LLRX - @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on #cybersecurity issues, 5/29/26 - Five highlights: Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of #Computer #Security #Risks beginning in 2010, Dies at 93; #California Sues Owner of Former #23andMe; Troops’ #phones #leaked location data to #foreign adversaries; #FBI Warns Companies About #Ransom Gang’s Fake #IT Support Tactics; #Crypto Security Pioneer: ‘I Now Consider All of #Decentralized #Finance Unsafe’. https://www.llrx.com/2026/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-29-2026/ #cybercrime #privacy

Gerichtsunterlagen: Ließ sich #23andMe erpressen? | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/23andMe-verklagt-Verantwortliche-sollen-Geld-an-Cyberkriminelle-gezahlt-haben-11312689.html #Datenschutz #privacy #Datenleck #DataLeak

Associated Press: California sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect user data in 2023 breach. “California’s attorney general sued the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe on Thursday, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected nearly 7 million people across the country.”

#LLRX #CyberSecurity @bespacific

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 29, 2026

Five highlights from this week: Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks beginning in 2010, Dies at 93; California Sues Owner of Former #23andme Troops’ phones leaked location data to foreign adversaries; #FBI Warns Companies About Ransom Gang’s #Fake IT Support Tactics; and #Crypto Security Pioneer: 'I Now Consider All of Decentralized Finance #defi Unsafe’.

Posted in: AI, Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Privacy

https://www.llrx.com/2026/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-29-2026/

California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crepleq2zyvo

#DNA #genealogy #23andMe

Settlement approved for Canadians 🇨🇦 affected by past 23andMe data breach.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/23andme-settlement-class-action-9.7145473
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Un règlement a été approuvé pour les Canadiens•iennes 🇨🇦 touchés•ées par une brèche de données passée de 23andMe

https://canadian23andmesettlement.ca/fr

#Canada #23andMe #ClassAction #RecoursCollectif

SF Gate: Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant ordered so many 23andMe kits, the company asked why. “A thread of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant reveals that they once ordered so many DNA test kits from the Bay Area biotech company 23andMe that it prompted a representative to reach out and ask for more information about their intended use.”

Not only is Josh Johnson an amazing comedian, he is spot on about everything with 23andMe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWj2-vc5fg

#privacy #23andme #comedy

Impact of the 23andMe bankruptcy on preserving the public benefit of scientific data https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02423-8 #biotech #23andme #privacy #discrimination #data

He found out he wasn't his #dad's #child. Why #23andMe is a risky #gift this #holiday season.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/21/23andme-ancestry-dna-test-holiday-gifts-secrets/87692629007/

In Re: 23andMe, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation

https://www.23andmedatasettlement.com/

#HackerNews #23andMe #CustomerData #DataBreach #CyberSecurity #Litigation

Hack of the Month:
#nasa #hackofthemonth #23andme #miamidade #southbeach

@taswiss Naja, «gut gereift» gab es seit 2020 schon noch einige erwähnenswerte Entwicklungen zum Thema.
So wurde im Oktober 2023 ein grösserer Datendiebstal beim DNS-Analyse-Unternehmen #23andMe bekannt, und die daraus mitverursachte Insolvenz wirft neue rechtliche Fragen auf, wem die persönlichen genetischen und #genealogischeDaten gehören und was damit geschieht
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/23andme-gen-daten-von-ueber-15-millionen-menschen-stehen-zum-verkauf/
Juli 2025: 23andMe wird mit Daten an ein non-profit Forschungsinstitut verkauft. https://investors.23andme.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ttam-research-institute-nonprofit-public-benefit-corporation

🚨 Oh no, the #apocalypse is here: #23andMe might go bust! Quick, panic-delete your #DNA #data before it vanishes into the void! 🧬 But wait, fear not - an expert (who definitely knows genomes better than you) is here to remind us all to chill out. Just another day in the world of #science where deleting your data is apparently the new trend. 🙄✨
https://stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/i-know-genomes-dont-delete-your-dna #Panic #News #HackerNews #ngated

#23andMe 's Data Sold to Nonprofit Run by Its Co-Founder - 'And I Still Don't Trust It' - Slashdot
#privacy #dna #genetics

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/19/0252236/23andmes-data-sold-to-nonprofit-run-by-its-co-founder---and-i-still-dont-trust-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#23andMe Sale Shows Your #Genetic Data Is Worth $17
23andMe sold genetic data of 15M people for $256M to a #pharmaceutical #Regeneron. 23andMe does not perform full genome sequences. It instead does #DNA #genotyping, which look at parts of #genome that vary from person to person.
Sale to Regeneron means #gene data collected by 23andMe will be used for development of new #drugs, which felt like the most likely and perhaps best-case scenario for the company’s bankruptcy.
https://www.404media.co/23andme-sale-shows-your-genetic-data-is-worth-17/

23andMe and its customers’ genetic data bought by a pharmaceutical org https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/23andme-and-its-customers-genetic-data-bought-by-a-pharmaceutical-org #geneticdata #Regeneron #Privacy #23andMe #News

After Bankruptcy, 23andMe Finds a Buyer in Regeneron—But What Happens to Your Data? https://thecyberexpress.com/regeneron-acquire-23andme/ #RegeneronPharmaceuticals #Regeneronacquire23andMe #Mergers&Aquisitions #TheCyberExpressNews #23andmeacquisition #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #BusinessNews #CyberNews #Regeneron #23andme

🧬 Breaking: Regeneron acquires 23andMe's assets for $256M, including genome and research services—but not Lemonaid Health. Deal awaits court approval amid privacy safeguards.

#23andMe #Regeneron #Biotech

#Biotech company #Regeneron to buy bankrupt #23andMe for $256M

Regeneron assured 23andMe's 15 million customers that their data—including #genetic and health information, #genealogy , and other sensitive personal information—would be safe and in good hands. Regeneron aims to use the large trove of genetic data to further its own work using genetics to develop medical advances—something 23andMe tried and failed to do.
#privacy #tos

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/biotech-company-regeneron-to-buy-bankrupt-23andme-for-256m/

#23andMe Sale Shows Your #Genetic Data Is Worth $17

#Regeneron is a drug company that “intends to acquire 23andMe’s Personal #Genome Service (PGS), Total Health and Research Services business lines, together with its #Biobank and associated assets, for $256 million and for 23andMe to continue all consumer genome services uninterrupted,”
#privacy #dna #genetics

https://www.404media.co/23andme-sale-shows-your-genetic-data-is-worth-17/

🚀 Brace yourselves, folks! #23andMe just hit the "sell" button faster than you can say "privacy concerns," offloading their gene-testing biz to the DNA wizards at #Regeneron. 🤖 Meanwhile, #Bloomberg is busy breaking news and breaking our patience with their endless #CAPTCHA tests. 🧬
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/23andme-sells-gene-testing-business-to-dna-drug-maker-regeneron #geneTesting #privacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

23andMe Sells Gene-Testing Business to DNA Drug Maker Regeneron

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/23andme-sells-gene-testing-business-to-dna-drug-maker-regeneron

#HackerNews #23andMe #Regeneron #GeneTesting #DNAHealth #Biotech

CNN tells us: "Hackers access profiles of nearly 7 million 23andMe customers" ... Someone is clearly creating a clone army.

#23andme #clonearmy