DNA Companies Vulnerable to Phishing, Privacy Violations After Attacks

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There are potential privacy law and regulatory ramifications at stake as well, particularly now that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is actively being enforced. James Carder, chief security officer and VP at LogRhythm,said the GEDmatch incident “will be an implicit test of CCPA and the impact that it and other privacy legislations will have in creating accountability for corporate data and privacy protection.”

DNA data presents a significant privacy problem, noted Carder, considering that “a person cannot change their genetic information in the way they could change their credit card number in the event of a breach.”

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