Although legal, the time frame and approach seems designed to shield the company from negligence.

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    11 months ago

    Although the article says it’s probably not going to be upheld by judges, seeing Nazi hackers isn’t great.

    • However, because those accounts were linked to the user’s DNA relatives through a feature offered by the company, hackers were able to access the personal data of other customers.
    • After the attack, hackers published around 1 million data points about users with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and information about more than 300,000 users with Chinese heritage.
    • The company did not publicly reveal the full extent of the breach until around two months after it occurred.