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The DNA Files
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- 123andMe collapse renews fears over genetic data of relatives●Consumer DNA databases expose your relatives too, even ones who never sent a sample. 23andMe was breached in 2023, then
Attention is returning to the privacy risks of consumer DNA testing after 23andMe's 2023 breach, its 2025 bankruptcy filing, and plans to sell its database of roughly 15 million customers' genetic data as an asset. Privacy advocates note that DNA databases expose relatives who never submitted samples, and are urging users to download and delete their genetic data while they still can.