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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by bigtunacan on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @11:16AM (#38532800)
Considering one of the hacker's first actions was to offer for sale data identifying people of Jewish or Chinese descent I think that's a very valid concern.
Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by jstarfish on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @11:38AM (#38533174)
Did anybody actually buy it though? This could be misdirection, or just misguided marketing based on historical instances of abuse. China isn't known for trying to repatriate descendants, and it's not exactly difficult to find Jews.

Ancestry data would certainly be of interest to a particular demographic known to discriminate by caste. There's no escaping your low-class heritage when anyone can look up your stolen DNA profile on the black market.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by fragmede on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:03PM (#38533600)
"not exactly difficult"...

I'm not Jewish, but I feel like there's some sort of reason for them not wanting a list of who they and where they live to exist.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by jstarfish on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:31PM (#38537841)
If only Communists wore little hats, followed predictable schedules, performed a particular surgical operation on all males, wore unique symbols, put specific candelabras in the window, associated with many others of their beliefs, and attended service at well-known locations dedicated solely to their cause, we'd have an easier time rounding all of them up.

No, we need DNA profiles to find Jews. They're as elusive as the fucking Illuminati. There's just no way to find them unless we have blood samples and stolen DNA profiles.

Limited time offer: accuse Israel of war crimes on social media. The Jews will come to you.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by greedo on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @06:50PM (#38538599)
Yes, because pogroms have solely been targeted against practicing Jews.

There are a ton of Jews who don't follow kosher law, who aren't particularly religious, etc etc. Yet they would be targeted by anti-semites.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by tptacek on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:14PM (#38546698)
Please don't write things like this here.
Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by happytiger on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:20PM (#38535655)
It doesn’t matter if it got bought because it’s indelibly available forever now. It’s now available to someone who shouldn’t have it whenever they come around with the intent to misuse it.

And the choice to share or protect this information just got taken away from every one of their customers forever.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by suslik on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @03:47AM (#38541735)
> it's not exactly difficult to find Jews.

Really? As a 25% jew whos genetic data was probably just stolen, I'd like to disagree with that statement.

Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by tptacek on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @02:11PM (#38548202)
I have no idea what "it's not exactly difficult to find Jews" means. It struck me as kind of an icky thing to say, so you might want to clarify the benign intent you had for saying it.
Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by firen777 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @06:54AM (#38542707)
Weren't the sales surface on Oct 6th?