California-based genetic research company 23andMe announced that hackers stole the personal information of approximately 6.9 million users in October.
According to The Hill, an unnamed company spokesperson made a statement regarding the data that was declared “stolen” in October.
A spokesman announced that the personal data of approximately 5.5 million users in the company’s database, which provides a “relative discovery” service, had been “accessed”.
Stating that the hackers also accessed family tree profile data containing the identity information of 1.4 million people, the spokesman said that the data of people associated with about 14,000 accounts were “stolen” and the data of many more people were accessed.
The company announced in October that “data had been stolen” and that it was investigating the matter.
After the investigation was completed, it was announced that hackers accessed the accounts of 0.1 percent of its users (approximately 14,000 accounts).
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