23andMe Data Breach Affects Millions

If you’ve ever questioned the wisdom of sharing detailed information about yourself and your family—information spanning generations—with a faceless tech company, well, points for you. 23andMe recently announced a breach of data belonging to nearly 7 million people, equal to the population of Massachusetts. And that’s not just aggregate data about what links users clicked on a website; it’s deeply personal information, including family connections, names, and addresses. Incidents like this underscore the need to be especially careful about what we share online and with whom. Read more about it via the link below.