DNA firm holding highly sensitive data 'vanishes' without warning

A DNA-testing firm appears to have ceased trading - without telling its customers what has happened to the highly sensitive data they shared with it.

Atlas Biomed users are no longer able to access their personalised reports online and the company has not responded to the BBC's requests for comment.

#AtlasBiomed #DNA #genetics #privacy #biotech #business #data #bigdata #technology #tech

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

What a mess.

We’re all looking at the insecure finances, ownership & security of 23 & Me.

Meanwhile, DNA report company Atlas Biomed took money & DNA, then simply went dark & vanished…

And now appears to have been a Russian front company based in Moscow.

#23andme #dna #dnatesting #atlasbiomed #moscow #russia #infosec #privacy #informationsecurity #medtech

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo