23andMe says hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users, about half of its customers, via a breach first disclosed in Oct., by leveraging access to ~14K accounts (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:

23andMe says hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users, about half of its customers, via a breach first disclosed in Oct., by leveraging access to ~14K accounts  —  On Friday, genetic testing company 23andMe announced that hackers accessed the personal data of 0.1% of customers, or about 14,000 individuals.