Me will pay $30M for a data breach targeting Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese customers, as a hacker named "Golem" leaked nearly 1M Jewish profiles, calling it "most valuable data."

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed in the data breach.

Me will pay $30 million to settle a data breach lawsuit from the 2023 credential stuffing attack that exposed the personal and genetic information of 6.9 million customers.

Me will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected more than 6.9 million customers. As part of the proposed settlement, the genetic testing site will compensate affected customers and provide them with access to a security monitoring program for three years.

(Gray News) - Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to people impacted by a data breach last year. The settlement comes after a class action lawsuit was brought against the company in October. “Threat actors” used about 14,000 accounts to access the ancestry data of 6.9 million connected profiles.

Biotechnology company 23andMe has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement over a massive data breach that affected 6.9 million users.

Me 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 customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach last year.

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