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by ellisv 987 days ago
I don't see where in the article is suggests that the attackers were able to obtain the raw genotype data of anyone other than the compromised account.
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The pics of the offer and pricing suggests uniform DNA info rather than names or passwords for some and raw DNA profiles for others. Also this from the article:

“ The compromised accounts had opted into the platform's 'DNA Relatives' feature, which allows users to find genetic relatives and connect with them.

The threat actor accessed a small number of 23andMe accounts and then scraped the data of their DNA Relative matches, which shows how opting into a feature can have unexpected privacy consequences.”

Edit: maybe you are right about the lack of genetic info, if this account is correct (unless the researcher didn’t pay full price, and only got the metadata): https://therecord.media/scraping-incident-genetic-testing-si...