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DNA testing service to pay $400k for data breach it ignored
DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), a US-based DNA testing service suffered a data breach in November 2021, in which…
DNA contractor data breach exposed OKC Police’s rape kit information
The data breach took place in November 2021 but the details of it have only been revealed this…
DNA testing service data breach impacting 2.1 million users
DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) has revealed that hackers managed to access highly sensitive and personal data of users including payment card data.
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…