How 23andMe Sold Your DNA—Then Got Hacked and Sued

Описание: Celebrity spit parties, Met Gala appearances, and dreams of personalized medicine made 23andMe the hottest thing in biotech. Anne Wojcicki’s DNA tests promised to unlock the secrets of our genes – and maybe cure some diseases along the way. But when hackers exposed millions of users' genetic data, not even Richard Branson could save Anne from becoming another Silicon Valley casualty.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:23 Baby Entrepreneurs
6:34 Designer Drugs
9:43 The Birth of the Spit Kit
13:34 A Celebrity Spit Party?!
15:44 The Security Concerns Grow
19:06 Our Friend the FDA
21:58 Looking Bravely Into the Future
25:28 1 Million Customers!
26:46 A-Rod, Lizzo and Oprah - Oh My!
31:51 Help us Subscription Model, You're Our Only Hope
35:29 Big Daddy Branson to the Rescue
39:25 Chekhov's Data Breach
45:45 What Now?

About the show:
Fyre Fest goes up in flames, Ashlee Simpson bombs on SNL, and somehow even Taylor Swift couldn’t fix the ill-fated Cats movie. Who doesn’t love a good fiasco?! Join us each week as we dissect the most deliciously disastrous flops in recent history. On Wondery’s comedy & pop culture series The Big Flop, host and TikTok superstar Misha Brown unpacks all-time epic fails from Crystal Pepsi to Google Glass with the help of hilarious, highly-opinionated guests in every episode.

Find out what happens when massive hype turns into a major fiasco, and join us as we try to answer the age-old question...Who thought THIS was a good idea?! New episodes come out every Monday.

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