Data Theft at 23andMe Leaks Genetic and Personal Information for Thousands, Targets Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese

Federal class action lawsuit looms as genetics company searches for what went wrong; a reminder to clinical laboratories of the importance of protecting patient information Several years ago, security experts warned that biotechnology and genomics company 23andMe, along with other similar genetics companies, would be attacked by hackers. Now those predictions appear to have come […] The post Data Theft at 23andMe Leaks Genetic and Personal Information for Thousands, Targets Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese appeared first on Dark Daily.
Source: Dark Daily - Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing 23andMe anatomic pathology Ancestry Anne Wojcicki Ashkenazi Jew Source Type: news