Published 09/17/2024 3:32:39 p.m.

23andMe agrees to $30 million settlement after major data breach

Summary by Straight Arrow News

Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a data breach exposed the personal information of approximately 6.9 million customers. The breach, which went undetected for five months, compromised users’ names, birth years, genders, ancestry reports, and raw genotype data, with hackers specifically focusing on customers of Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. U.S. intelligence agencies recently identified foreign a…

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23andMe users with compromised data could claim part of $30 million settlement

Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach in 2023.

09/17/2024 3:32:39 p.m.·Salt Lake City, United States

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Straight Arrow News

23andMe agrees to $30 million settlement after major data breach

09/17/2024 5:54:27 p.m.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to American plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit over a data breach last year that specifically targeted customers of Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese ancestry. The breach, which occurred last October, affected more than 6.9 million customers and included users’ personal details such as their location, name and birthdate, as well as some information about their family trees. That data was s…

09/17/2024 9:33:53 p.m.

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23AndMe Agrees To $30 Million Settlement In Class Action Lawsuit

Ancestry and genetics-testing company 23AndMe has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement in a class action lawsuit. The settlement comes after the company confirmed that “threat actors” used around 14,000 accounts to access the ancestry data of 6.9 million connected profiles. Leaked data included users’ account information, location, DNA matches, family names, profile pictures, birth dates and more. 23AndMe confirmed the breach in October but di…

09/17/2024 5:50:50 p.m.

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