Genetic testing company 23andMe said Monday that hackers were able to access the data of about 6.9 million people, far more than the company previously acknowledged.
The finding is the result of an investigation 23andMe launched in October, after at least one list of people whom the site identified as having Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry was posted online.
yeah that is what I meant though. those kind of things would either be legitamate (court order) or it would be a rare individual who both had the motive and the skill to get past token safeguards. I mean these breaches are usually done by teams looking to make money (or sow discord although in that case its like money and discord they want)