Data Privacy,
Class Action
Jul. 17, 2024
23andMe settles lawsuit over data breach with 7 million victims
The company is accused of failing to maintain adequate security measures, which allowed a hacker to compile lists of data belonging to Jewish and Chinese customers and release them on the dark web.
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Attorneys suing DNA testing provider 23andMe Inc. over a large-scale data breach told a federal judge overseeing the consolidated litigation on Tuesday that the parties had settled in principle, with more details to be revealed in the coming weeks.
Defended by Greenberg Traurig LLP, 23andMe is battling dozens of lawsuits related to a cyberattack last year that exposed millions of people's sensitive information. Initially announcing in December that around 14,000 people were a...
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