It turns out the word significant is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
According toTechCrunch, 23andMe lost data about 6.9 million users, including peoples genetic information.
An additional 1.4 million people who opted-in to DNA Relatives also had their Family Tree profile information accessed.
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The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the spokesperson, the discrepancy is related to who had their data accessed directly.
But participating in the DNA Relatives feature lets you see data about other users, too.
In other words, the 14,000 breached accounts unlocked information about exponentially more people.
23andMe said it forced all of its users to change their passwords in the weeks following the attack.
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