Claimants of 23andMe Data Breach to Get $46.75M in Settlement Deal June 12, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The administrator of a bankruptcy plan for the genetics-testing company once known as 23andMe agreed to dole out a total...
California Fails to Stop 23andMe Founder From Re-Acquiring Company July 9, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth Genetic testing company 23andMe can proceed with a $305 million sale to the company’s co-founder Anne Wojcicki after a U.S....
Dozens of States Sue 23andMe to Block Sale of Personal Genetic Data June 12, 2025 By Associated Press Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale...
23andMe Bankruptcy Bid Deadline Extended as DNA Privacy Woes Linger April 29, 2025 By Steven Church The sale of the bankrupt DNA data bank 23andMe is facing delays as the company tries to find a lead...
FTC Concerned About Privacy Protections in 23andMe Bankruptcy March 31, 2025 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans’ personal information by 23andMe ancestry...
23andMe’s Bankruptcy Puts 15 Million Users’ DNA Info on Auction Block March 25, 2025 By Jonathan Randles Millions of Americans who sent their saliva to 23andMe in the hopes of finding lost relatives or identifying health risks...
23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $30 Million September 16, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing...
23andMe Says Health Data Was Included in Hack That Compromised 6.9 Million Users December 5, 2023 By Kristen V. Brown Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for...
23andMe Faces Class Action Lawsuit Following Data Breach October 11, 2023 By Chad Hemenway In a move that has come to be expected following most cyberattacks, two victims of the recent 23andMe data breach...
Hacker Puts 23andMe User Data Up for Sale on the Internet October 10, 2023 By Margi Murphy An anonymous hacker is claiming to be selling “millions” of genetic profiles cobbled together from hijacked 23andMe customer accounts. The...