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23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t mean you have to save my ip address that I used.

The most basic webserver keeps access logs. It will save "this person logged in at this address" or some data about the session regardless if it's looked back on later.