In a letter sent to 23andMe users suing the company, the company said “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords following these past security incidents, which are unrelated to 23andMe.”
Security is hard. But you control your infrastructure; your users don't control it. Companies should work to redress harms to users when they happen, not kick victims while they're down. https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/03/23andme-tells-victims-its-their-fault-that-their-data-was-breached/
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2024-01-03 22:17:29
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