Cyber Security Insight #2 – 2024

We have updated the format of our reports. They will come out several times every month and be more focused on one event. The new name is NTT Cyber Security Insights.

Genetic information may be used more and more widely in the future and must be handled with due care and classified under special category personal data due to its sensitivity. 23andMe, a US genetic testing services company, announced on December 5 2023, that about 6.9 million people had been affected by a data breach that occurred in October. Attempts were made to sell some of the stolen data via a well-known hacker forum.

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