The personal data of 6.9 million people at a genetic research company has been stolen!

The genetic research company "23andMe", based in California, USA, announced that the personal information of approximately 6.9 million users was stolen by hackers in October.

The spokesperson reported that the personal information of about 5.5 million users in the company's database, which provides a "relatives finder" service, was "accessed".

The spokesperson said that hackers also accessed the data of genealogical profiles containing the identity information of 1.4 million people, adding that the data of people linked to about 14,000 accounts accessed and the information of many more people was "stolen".

The company announced in October that "data was stolen" and that an investigation was underway, and informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission in this context. After the completion of the investigation, it was announced that hackers accessed the accounts of 0.1 percent of its users (approximately 14 thousand accounts).