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23andMe Data Breach: Settlement Could Pay $10,000 to Data Breach Victims
Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed in the data breach.
After a data breach exposed the personal information of roughly half its userbase and led to simmering distrust with the popular ancestry service, 23andMe confirmed last month that it will settle a $30 million class action lawsuit accusing it of failing to sufficiently protect its users. "We have executed a settlement agreement for an aggregate cash payment of $30 million to settle all US claims regarding the 2023 credential stuffing security incident," a 23andMe spokesman told CNET. Residents of Alaska, California, Illinois and Oregon who were impacted by the breach can also apply for a payment as part of the proposed settlement, since those states have genetic privacy laws with damages provisions.
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