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#23andMe to pay $18 million in new #genetics #DataBreach settlement https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23andme-to-pay-18-million-in-new-genetics-data-breach-settlement/ #DNA #privacy #cybersecurity

23andMe will pay $46.75M to settle its 2023 breach, which exposed the DNA and personal data of 6.9 million people. The hack used reused passwords. Unlike a password, you can't reset your DNA, and after its bankruptcy the database passed to new owners. #23andMe #DNA #databreach #indigoprivacy

Business | California attorney general sues 23andMe for data breach by Caroline Petrow-Cohen AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The California attorney general sued the company formerly known as 23andMe on Thursday, accusing it of failing to protect customers’ data after a 2023 breach that exposed raw genetic information and health reports for nearly 7 million people—including more than 850,000 Californians—and of subsequently misleading consumers about the breach’s severity; hackers accessed the data via credential‑stuffing attacks and listed it for sale on the dark web, a breach that went undetected for five months, while the company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2025, was later sold to the nonprofit TTAM Research Institute led by former CEO Anne Wojcicki, prompting further legal challenges over the sale of the genetic data. Read more: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-30/california-attorney-general-sues-23andme-for-data-breach #RobBonta #AnneWojcicki #23andMe #ChromeHolding #CaliforniaAG