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> The initial data leak was limited, with the threat actor releasing 1 million lines of data for Ashkenazi people.

> The information that has been exposed from this incident includes full names, usernames, profile photos, sex, date of birth, genetic ancestry results, and geographical location.

Not good. Really not good.

This is why I never volunteer any PII to link with my DNA. Sampling DNA is not that hard (we leave traces literally everywhere) but credibly linking it to PII is another thing.



All that ethnicity data will be a goldmine for future genocidal dictatorships.




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