December 12, 2023

Has your DNA profile been stolen?

23andMe currently has 14 million users who have submitted their DNA information to the platform, creating profiles that share their locations, names, photos, certain health information, and possible ancestors within the database. Users also have the option to utilize sharing features on the platform to find distant relatives, create family trees, and use social networking features.

A whopping 6.9 million people were affected by the 23andMe data breach reported in October 2023.

Read about the personal data at risk from the hack in The 23andMe data breach explained.

You may also be interested in:

• Human error is often to blame for data breaches
• How do hackers hack?
• Top 10 worst medical data breaches

News roundup Mon, December 11, 2023

Stories, news, politics and events impacting the network security industry during the last week.

• WordPress patches POP exploit that increases website RCE attack vulnerability
• Genetic testing company 23andMe says hackers accessed DNA data of 7 million users
• Bluetooth keyboard flaw could be used to take over Android, Linux, MacOS, and iOS devices
• Newly developed SLAM attack can steal data from AMD and future Intel CPUs
• Disney+ scam highlights use of sophisticated new impersonation techniques
• iPhone users beware of fake Lockdown Mode attack
• US government agencies breached by hackers using Adobe ColdFusion exploit
• LogoFAIL bugs put millions of PCs at risk of secure boot bypass
• P2PInfect botnet found to be targeting routers and IoT devices
• Read more

NetworkTigers is your source of new and refurbished Meraki switches, access points and firewalls, enterprise and small business firewalls, top-of-rack switches, corporate switches, high-speed routers, data center PDUs and transceivers for your business. Fast shipping worldwide. We save our clients millions of dollars by supplying high-quality used equipment.

Please get in touch to discuss your network or your security needs.

Send The NetworkTigers newsletter opt-in to others.