The DNA testing company 23andMe has had a rough few months - first reported in October that data had been breached - and now, the response to those breaches due to customers taking legal action against the company.
In 2023, we saw how social engineering tactics used as a first wave of an attack campaign have wreaked havoc for not only consumers, but for large corporate entities as well.
Though 23andMe and other genealogy companies have since taken steps to increase protection measures on customer accounts, Shadabi says there's more that can be done.
To further strengthen technical controls, behaviour and anomaly detection are also crucial.
Guccione sees shared responsibility as the best way forward.
This Cyber News was published on www.itsecurityguru.org. Publication date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:13:05 +0000