Last year, genetic testing giant 23andMe lost the genetic and ancestry data on close to 7 million customers, thanks to a data breach that saw hackers brute-force access to thousands of accounts to scrape data on millions more. 23andMe belatedly rolled out multi-factor authentication, a security feature that could have prevented the account hacks. 23andMe took to deflecting the blame for the massive data theft onto the victims, claiming that its users did not sufficiently secure their accounts.23andMe later in the year laid off 40% of its staff as the beleaguered company faces an uncertain financial future as does the company’s vast bank of its customers’ genetic data. What is your take on the data breach ?
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