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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.
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.
The 23andMe hacking is just one headline in a long list discussing cyber attacks. Here's some ways to keep your information safe online.
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.
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 ...
23andMe, the struggling ancestry tracing company, continues to spiral, raising questions about its business prospects and what could happen to its sensitive customer genetic testing data.
23andMe, a genetic-testing and ancestry-tracing company, collects the most personal kind of data from its customers: their DNA. Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation ...
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