User data from 23andMe accounts has been leaked and put up for sale on a dark web forum after what appeared to be a "credential stuffing" cyberattack.

User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web::User data from 23andMe accounts has been leaked and put up for sale on a dark web forum after what appeared to be a “credential stuffing” cyberattack.

  • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
    38·
    1 year ago

    You can say whatever you like about Google invading privacy and generally spying on us, but they are probably the best tech company when it comes to security. They practically never get hacked

    • FrostyTrichs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Companies have to know about an attack and announce it to the public for it to exist? For all anyone knows Google is littered with backdoors and zero days and the people responsible are smart enough to siphon off the data quietly. Nothing is safe online and we need to stop pretending Google wouldn’t downplay or sweep a breach under the rug to save face.

      Google shouldn’t be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Google shouldn’t be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

        While I agree with this, I also must say that yes, EU law literally says that you have to disclose data breaches in 72 hours or something (can’t remember exactly how many). If something happened, we would probably know it

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Stop saying that Google and Meta etc “sell/share your data”. It’s just plain wrong and muddies the water and makes fighting them way more difficult. They sell access to the people from whom those data were taken, which is veeeery different.

        Data brokers sell data. Google, Meta etc do not sell data. It’s their biggest asset, why would they just give it away?