Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love

Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling for a money-for-sex scam.

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Smashing Security podcast #345: Cyber sloppiness, and why does Google really want to hide your IP address?

Ahoy! There’s trouble in the South China Seas as Filipino organisations fail to secure their systems, we take a close look at Google IP protection, and we take a look at just how so much genetic profile data leaked out of 23andMe.

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Millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles leak on cybercrime forum

Golem, the hacker who leaked the data of one million Ashkenazi Jews from the 23andMe ancestry service earlier this month has now released 4.1 million more genetic data profiles.

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23andMe blames its users for the massive data breach

By Waqas
According to DNA service provider 23andMe, if you are a user, you are to be blamed for reusing your password on other sites.
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Smashing Security #161: Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe

The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn’t end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?
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