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.

  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I know I have the DNA relative feature enabled but I would’ve never imagined that was scrapeable and a vulnerability.

    if it’s viewable in a browser, it can be scraped.

    You can make it more annoying for scrapers, but in the end, you need to show stuff to your users, and that’s what scrapers basically emulate in the end.

    And as for being a vulnerability: Finding the murderer of a cold case