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Facial DNA provider leaks biometric data via WordPress folder
ChiceDNA exposed 8,000 sensitive records, including biometric images, personal details, and facial DNA data in an unsecured WordPress…
23andMe blames its users for the massive data breach
According to DNA service provider 23andMe, if you are a user, you are to be blamed for reusing your password on other sites.
Hacker Claims to Have Data of 7 Million 23andMe Users from DNA Service
23andMe Investigating Potential Data Breach, Says Credentials May Have Been Gathered From Other Breaches.
UK Police mistakenly deleted 150,000 arrest records in software glitch
Reportedly, a software glitch wiped DNA and fingerprint data from the police computer.
Malware attack can trick biologists into producing dangerous toxins
Researchers urge for improving bio-cybersecurity as threat actors can use malware to target Synthetic DNA Orders to modify DNA strings sequence.
Software firm leaks 25GB worth of subscription & Ancestry.com user data
Here's how Ancestry.com users were implacted.
DNA testing website MyHeritage hacked; 92 million user accounts stolen
MyHeritage, an Israeli DNA, and genealogy website has suffered a massive data breach in which email accounts and hashed…
Researchers Convert Human Bacteria into World’s Tiniest Tape Recorder
Researchers Converted Human Gut Bacteria into World’s Tiniest Data Recorder using Random Molecular Hacks. US-based Columbia University Medical…
Researchers Encode Physical DNA with Malware To infect Computers
When DNA was synthesized, nobody had thought that it could be used to spread computer viruses, but a…
One out of Two American Adults Part of the FBI’s Facial Recognition Database
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other security agencies are keeping Facial Recognition records of 117 million Americans…