They are a very attractive target for cybercriminals since they can use them as a Trojan horse to introduce spyware and various malware into the family environment.
A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the cybersecurity of genomic data found significant privacy gaps in the way data is generated, stored, and shared.
The company did not respond to requests for comment on whether this was a ransomware attack, but wrote on a temporary website that it has taken certain systems offline and is "working to return to normal business operations as soon as possible."
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-7024, affects desktop versions of the browser on Mac, Linux and Windows.