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23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants another chance
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23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants ...
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23andMe sees personal data on 6.9 million customers stolen by hackers: The personal data went up for sale on a popular hacking forum following the breach.
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23andMe sees personal data on 6.9 million customers stolen by hackers
Quick Glance: 23andMe: Massive Data Breach Exposes 6.9 Million Profiles
  • Customers reusing old passwords allowed hackers to access data, according to the genetic testing company.

  • In October, a hacker claimed online to have 23andMe users’ profile information, as disclosed by the company on Friday.

  • The hackers gained entry to millions of 23andMe user data, according to the company.

  • A 23andMe spokeswoman stated on Monday, “We have not learned of any reports of inappropriate use of the data after the leak.”
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23andMe attempts to wipe its hands clean of blame for DNA data breach: A new letter reveals where 23andMe is pointing the finger on who’s to blame for last ...
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23andMe attempts to wipe its hands clean of blame for DNA data breach
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How a local librarian discovered she was related to a British novelist: Anacortes resident Suzanne Sanderson learned she was related to British mystery novelist ...
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How a local librarian discovered she was related to a British novelist
Quick Glance: Librarian Discovers Relation to British Novelist
  • At her husband’s suggestion, Suzanne Sanderson joined 23andMe to research her family history.

  • She was surprised to find out her great-grandfather’s half niece was married to August Strindberg, the Swedish playwright.

  • Corry located a portrait of Whittaker in the Tate galleries and found a picture of her great-great-grandmother next to a box labeled 'Andy Warhol.'

  • Sanderson and Corry gradually connected their familial ties over email and then offered Zoom tours of their homes to get to know each other.
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23andMe Will Give GSK Access to Consumer DNA Data: GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.
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23andMe Will Give GSK Access to Consumer DNA Data
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Drugmakers plan to pay $20M for DNA from 23andMe customers: GSK Plc is extending a five-year collaboration that’s allowed the drugmaker to mine genetic data as ...
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Drugmakers plan to pay $20M for DNA from 23andMe customers
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23andMe may have suffered yet another breach – your data is in jeopardy
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23andMe may have suffered yet another breach – your data is in jeopardy
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I tried five at-home health testing kits and this is what I discovered: From genetic conditions to my type of earwax, I wanted to uncover it all.
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I tried five at-home health testing kits and this is what I discovered
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'I did a DNA test and found my entire family history is wrong - gran was lying': A woman has shared the shocking discovery she made about her family after ...
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'I did a DNA test and found my entire family history is wrong - gran was ...
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Grandmother's dark past uncovered in family's DNA identity test surprise result: The woman explained how her family had recently completed 23andMe DNA tests ...
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Grandmother's dark past uncovered in family's DNA identity test surprise ...
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One of Google's earliest genetic experiments, 23andMe, paid off — here's what will make or break its future
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One of Google's earliest genetic experiments, 23andMe, paid off — here's ...
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Richard Branson hints at setting up a Virgin Group SPAC in Amsterdam: Branson has created his own SPACs in the U.S. to help companies like 23andMe go public.
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Richard Branson hints at setting up a Virgin Group SPAC in Amsterdam
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Can you get better at singing if you've never been any good?: Is singing just a talent you're born with - or aren't? Or will paying for singing lessons ...
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Can you get better at singing if you've never been any good?
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Credit Suisse initiates coverage of 23andMe at outperform, says stock can rise 78%
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Credit Suisse initiates coverage of 23andMe at outperform ...
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The size of the average SPAC is rising. Here's why that's important for investors
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The size of the average SPAC is rising. Here's why that's important for ...
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23andMe Genetic-Testing Firm Opens at $11.13 After Going Public Via SPAC: The consumer genetic-testing company 23andMe went public by merging with VG Acquisition ...
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23andMe Genetic-Testing Firm Opens at $11.13 After Going Public Via SPAC
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The Sunday Read: ‘Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t’: The surge in popularity of services like 23andMe and Ancestry means that more and more ...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t’
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Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson: Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity ...
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Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson
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Everyone, even mom, wants to get in on SPACs: Despite low levels of understanding, 75% of people who know about the vehicles still said they were at least ...
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Everyone, even mom, wants to get in on SPACs
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23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO: 23andMe is going public via a merger with Richard Branson's SPAC. The deal could value ...
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23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO
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Richard Branson’s Next Frontier Is Human Genetics as His SPAC Merges With 23andMe
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Richard Branson’s Next Frontier Is Human Genetics as His SPAC Merges With ...
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DNA tester 23andMe to go public at $3.5 billion through Branson-backed SPAC: Consumer DNA-testing company 23andMe plans to merge with VG Acquisition Corp. ...
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DNA tester 23andMe to go public at $3.5 billion through Branson-backed ...
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Why Sir Richard Branson gave 23andMe millions of dollars to go public: 23andMe will be a public company soon thanks to some help from billionaire Virgin founder ...
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Why Sir Richard Branson gave 23andMe millions of dollars to go public
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23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO: 23andMe is going public via a merger with Richard Branson's SPAC. The deal could value ...
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23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO
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Do a DNA test to 'find out my roots'? That's complicated for a black woman like me | Derecka Purnell
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Do a DNA test to 'find out my roots'? That's complicated for a black woman ...