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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 ...
23andMe Holding Co. is an American personal genomics and biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. [1] It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, [2] to generate reports relating to the customer's ancestry and genetic ...
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.
23andMe said that roughly 80% of its customers consent to participate in the company's research program, which it said has generated more than 270 peer-reviewed publications uncovering new genetic ...
(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 ...
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23andMe user data was stolen and posted for sale on BreachForum. The company claims there wasn't a data breach.
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