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- DNA testing startup exposes customer info in data breach
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Friday 8 November 2019
Veritas Genetics, a DNA-testing startup, has become the latest company to fall victim to a security incident that exposed customer information. According to Bloomberg, the company said it recently became aware of an instance of unauthorized access involving a consumer-facing portal. While it did not contain genetic data or health records, the details are very scarce at the moment. It hasn’t disclosed the exact nature of the breach, the kind of information that was accessed, when it became aware of the incident, and for how long the portal lay exposed. Veritas Genetics stated only “a handful of customers” were potentially…
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