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Biotechnology company 23andMe confirmed that the company’s private user data has been circulating on hacker forums after suffering a credential-stuffing attack.

Biotechnology company 23andMe confirmed that the company’s private user data has been circulating on hacker forums after suffering a credential-stuffing attack.

Special software is required to access the dark web, which consists of encrypted networks that hide users’ identities.

>> on hacker forums now, where they are discussing all the hacks to break into different live stream cameras, they are very worried. because it has become a major mainstream news issue. but tracking them down would be extremely complicated. if they are good, theyre going to used anonymized software and hide their tracks, so that is the problem. >> brian: it is a scary situation, and the fact that it is not rare makes it twice as scary. but you have to take the time to get the protective password...

Hear and it hear playstation and oh, thats just those gamers. thats certainly not the case. when do we know about the possibility and how many possible credit card numbers were actually stolen? >> sony has been on record saying -- i give them credit card for at least coming forward and saying we did get breached and dont know if credit card data was stolen. take precaution. >> a lot of people said they were zblat late in terms of making that known. i also think, look, when you are doing forensic...

Certainly suggests so when you look at the timeline of events. i will tell you, they did say that credit card data was encrypted. that does not mean it cannot be hacked. on-line clatter right now, i cannot verify this, on-line chatter in hacker forums says that about 2.1 million credit cards were obtained. again, i have not -- theres no evidence out there that suggests this is real information yet. >> mario, who did this? how savvy, how tech savvy, would somebody have to be to pull off something...