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23andMe admits hackers stole raw genotype data - and that cyberattack went undetected for months | Firm says it didn't realize customers were being hacked (www.techradar.com)

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23andMe admits hackers stole raw genotype data - and that cyberattack went undetected for months | Firm says it didn't realize customers were being hacked::Firm says it didn't realize customers were being hacked

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[-] Nighed@sffa.community 7 points 9 months ago

This is the one that was from previously breached credentials right?

So their only fault was not forcing (did they support?) 2FA. + Potentially not having brute force monitoring?

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Not having brute force mitigation is a pretty big miss.

[-] Nighed@sffa.community 2 points 9 months ago

Yeh, probably. But in this case they probably had only a few passwords per email, but lots of usernames to try. So per account blocks may not have worked as they had the correct passwords?

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