23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users | TechCrunch

This is one of the "worst case" outcomes for why people don't want to use these genetic testing services.

In an email sent to TechCrunch late on Saturday, 23andMe spokesperson Katie Watson confirmed that hackers accessed the personal information of about 5.5 million people who opted-in to 23andMe’s DNA Relatives feature, which allows customers to automatically share some of their data with others. The stolen data included the person’s name, birth year, relationship labels, the percentage of DNA shared with relatives, ancestry reports and self-reported location.

The fact that this includes DNA information certainly makes it feel much worse than other common data breaches. These services could be using something similar to "end-to-end encryption" to protect this data so much better.