Shiftheads - DNA Disaster: 23andMe’s Genetic Leak Equals Your Genes in Hacker Hands!

Ritesh Kotak—an experienced cybersecurity leader, —joins the Nightshift and warns that 23andMe’s failure to implement basic measures like multi‑factor authentication and compromised-password detection demonstrates a systemic neglect of cyber hygiene, which allowed hackers to use credential-stuffing to expose the genetic profiles of nearly 7 million users. He emphasizes that genetic data is irreplaceable—not like a password—and urges urgent regulatory reform and stronger encryption and authentication protocols to prevent immutable data from falling into malicious hands. Find more at RiteshKotak.com 

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Originally aired on 2025-06-17