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This sort of thing was only a matter of time. The clock is also ticking on 23andMe going bankrupt and selling their assets (your PII) to stay afloat.

https://hoodline.com/2024/11/23andme-in-turmoil-stock-plunge...

For reference, the company is Atlas Biomed. I remember seeing their product show up all the time on Amazon (they have a box design that looks kind of like a multicolored QR code).

If is a Russian company is no mystery what happened. Sanctions hit the company, closing it.

Yes I'm sure the valuable data has been safely deleted and definitely not sold to data brokers, insurance companies or government agencies.

Saw this coming years ago. 23andme is next.

Looks still alive, probably just closed their UK branch.

https://atlas.ru/about

They are subject to FZ 152, Russian equivalent of GDPR, as well as DNA-specific regulations which AFAIR are more strict. Not sure though if they care about foreign users.

Original source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo

Submitted with no discussion (11 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42096208