HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData PublishedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_GENETICMediumActive
23andMe Research Institute
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Full breach record for 23andMe Research Institute →23andMe, Inc. notified Delaware residents of a credential stuffing attack occurring between May and September 2023. A threat actor accessed optional DNA Relatives profile data, including ancestry reports, DNA segments, and personal details, which was posted to BreachForums. 23andMe reset passwords, enforced two-factor authentication, paused features, and engaged law enforcement and forensic experts.
This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_29c164e09dc57f93California State AGfiled 2024-01-21(37d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/12/23andMe-Delaware-Notification-Template.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Dec 15, 2023
- Raw hash
- c97fb57e69c6e7c0374a9fa58283defe0364c758902eacc5a71d1cb9e1fc96fb
Reporting entity
- Name
- 23andMe Research Institutenorm: 23andme research institute
- Domain
- 23andmeresearchinstitute.org
Victim entity
- Name
- 23andMe Research Institutenorm: 23andme research institute
- Domain
- 23andmeresearchinstitute.org
Incident
- Discovered
- Oct 1, 2023
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Dec 1, 2023
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_GENETIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Working with federal law enforcement
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.