Hackers compile database of people of Jewish descent using stolen 23andMe user data
Hackers on the website BreachForums stole user data from genealogy testing company 23andMe, targeting two particular groups: people of Jewish descent and people of Chinese descent.
The resulting hacker database centered on one subset of the Jewish diaspora, Ashkenazi Jews, who came to the Western Hemisphere from Central and Eastern Europe.
23andMe confirmed Friday that data had been compromised, but told technology magazine Wired that its systems had not been breached.
“While we are continuing to investigate this matter, we believe threat actors were able to access certain accounts in instances where users recycled login credentials – that is, usernames and passwords that were used on 23andMe.com were the same as those used on other websites that have been previously hacked,” 23andMe said in a statement on its website.
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