23andMe Hack Breaches 6.9 Million Users’ Info, Including Some’s Health Data

Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday.  The compromised data included users’ ancestry information as well as, for some users, health-related information based on their genetic profiles, the company said in an email.  [time-brightcove … Read more