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Hegar@kbin.social 10 months agoI’m honestly asking what the impact to the users is from this breach.
The stolen info was used to databases of people with jewish ancestry that were sold on the dark web. I think there was a list of similar DB of people with chinese ancestry.
23andme's poor security practices have directly helped violent white supremecists find targets.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 10 months ago
That is a whoooolllee lot of assumptions
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Why do you think someone would buy illegally obtained lists of people with Jewish or Chinese ancestry? And who do you think would be buying it?
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 10 months ago
Scammers, that opens up a lot of scam potential.
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Scammers would buy all info, not specifically targeted to people of Jewish or Chinese descent. That’s not what’s being sold.
Who do you think would want _ only_ information about people with Jewish or Chinese ancestry, and why?