- cross-posted to:
- news@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- news@kbin.social
At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it’s working to verify the data.
I dont wanna scaremonger or anything but, like… what the fuck else would they use that data for?
As a power fantasy mostly. They might pass it around and use it to jerk each other off but not much more than that. The problem is, it’s only a fantasy until it makes it’s way into the hands of someone with the means and derangement to act on it: two qualities which, depending on where you live, can be unsettlingly easy to come by
Engineering a targeted virus?
Thankfully, thats not quite how viruses work