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23andMe acknowledges a five-month cyberattack, resulting in the theft of ancestry and genetic data of 6.9 million users. The breach was detected in October, with hackers using brute-force attacks to access accounts. Users are filing class action lawsuits against the company, with 23andMe blaming users for reusing passwords.
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