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Around a year ago, 23andMe had a data breach that led to 6.9 million profiles being accessible. Now, the company has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement after a class-action lawsuit was brought ...
(Reuters) - 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million ...
A law firm representing around 5,000 customers of genetic testing company 23andMe has raised objections to a proposed $30 million class action settlement, arguing the settlement is intentionally ...
In October 2023, Wired reported that a sample of data points from 23andMe accounts were exposed on BreachForums, a black-hat hacking crime forum. [1]23andMe confirmed to TechCrunch that because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed was 6.9 million, nearly half of 23andMe’s 14 million reported customers.
The company faced a class-action lawsuit claiming it failed to protect users' information and that it failed to notify affected accounts after the 2023 data breach.
Millions of people use genetic testing companies like 23andMe to learn more about their ancestry and health. But a new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information ...
23andMe's business is floundering after a data hack, lawsuit, and tumbling stock prices. The company's problems have led to concerns about how it handles consumer genealogy data.
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