23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy

23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy

23andMe’s interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage told lawmakers on Tuesday that 1.9 million people, or about 15% of its customer base, have requested their genetic data be deleted from the company’s servers since it filed for bankruptcy protection in March. Selsavage was speaking at a House Oversight Committee hearing, during which lawmakers scrutinized the company’s…

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Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

Whole Foods told its employees that the ongoing outages and disruptions at its primary distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI), may take “several days to resolve.” The Amazon-owned retail giant told staff in an internal communication, seen by TechCrunch, that UNFI was experiencing a “nationwide technology system outage,” which UNFI has for its part described as…

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Bitcoin DeFi platform Alex Protocol loses .3M to exploit

Bitcoin DeFi platform Alex Protocol loses $8.3M to exploit

Alex Lab Foundation said it will fully reimburse users affected by the $8.3 million exploit, with compensation issued in USDC following a structured claims process. Alex Protocol, a Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Stacks blockchain, suffered an exploit on June 6, resulting in $8.3 million in digital asset losses.   In an X announcement,…

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Crypto users fail ‘basic situational awareness’ at events, says Kraken

Crypto users fail ‘basic situational awareness’ at events, says Kraken

Kraken’s security team says that at crypto conferences, it’s seen unlocked laptops, phones left unattended and public discussions about personal wealth. Crypto conference attendees fail at “basic situational awareness” and security measures, opening themselves up to exploitation by bad actors hiding in the crowd at events, says crypto exchange Kraken. Kraken’s security team noted a…

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BitMEX uncovers holes in Lazarus Group's operational security

BitMEX uncovers holes in Lazarus Group's operational security

The analysis by the BitMEX security researchers revealed amateur-level operational security lapses in the Lazarus Group’s hacker network. The BitMEX crypto exchange’s security team discovered gaps in the operational security of the Lazarus Group, a North Korean (DPRK) government-sponsored cybercrime network, following a counter-operations probe into the organization, which exposed IP addresses, a database, and…

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AI-powered OSINT tool profiles YouTube commenters, raising privacy concerns

AI-powered OSINT tool profiles YouTube commenters, raising privacy concerns

An OSINT platform, Lolarchiver, offers AI-powered tools that can rapidly profile YouTube commenters based on their activity, raising major privacy and legal concerns. An open-source intelligence (OSINT) service claims it can generate detailed profiles on YouTube users based solely on their comment activity. The tool, part of the “YouTube Tools” suite by pseudonymous developer Lolarchiver,…

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