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23andMe set to pay millions to settle data breach lawsuit

Zero-day attack.

Genetics testing company 23andMe has agreed to terms which could settle the class-action lawsuit it is currently facing following a major data breach.

News broke in October 2023 that a hacker had accessed accounts belonging to 23andMe users, with subsequent investigations confirming DNA Relatives profiles of some 5.5 million people were accessed, as well as Family Tree profile information of some 1.4 million DNA Relative participants.

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