A cybercriminal claims they’ve uploaded a second batch of stolen profile data from biotech company 23andMe, posting it to the same cybercrime forum that hosted the first batch two weeks ago.
The individual who uses the alias “Golem” has uploaded an additional 4.1 million records of mainly UK users in what appears to be another religiously motivated endeavor.
The first leak at the start of October contained 1 million records of people whose DNA included Ashkenazi Jewish markers – an apparent targeting of the ethnic group, whose genetic data is incidentally very close to those of Palestinians. In the BreachForums post, Golem posted an antisemitic statement saying the new data included more Ashkenazi DNA samples, something they characterized as belonging to people who were somehow all wealthy and Zionists because of their genetics.
