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23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits (www.wired.com)

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23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits::Plus: Russia hacks surveillance cameras as new details emerge of its attack on a Ukrainian telecom, a Google contractor pays for videos of kids to train AI, and more.

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[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The guy said brute force but meant credential stuffing.

Basically using an army of remote compromised devices to use known user name password combinations. If they used the same email and password that was found on another compromise, then their account would successfully be logged in first try from a unique ip each time.