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23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?
The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the spotlight on the genetic data it has on 15 million people.
She points to how investigators used a genealogy website to identify the man known as the Golden State Killer, and how police homed in on an Idaho murder suspect by turning to similar databases of genetic profiles. Two recent developments have added even more fuel to privacy concerns: Last year, the company was hit with a major data breach that it said affected 6.9 million customer accounts, including about 14,000 who had their passwords stolen. Anne Wojcicki, founder and CEO of 23andMe, and Marcus Wallenberg speak at an event during Prince Daniel's Fellowship entrepreneurial journey in San Francisco in 2022.
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