Genetic testing firm 23andMe has been fined £2.31 million by the UK’s data protection watchdog for “serious security failings” after personal information of more than 155,000 UK users was accessed in a major cyber attack.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the DNA testing kit firm, which filed for bankruptcy in the US in March, failed to properly protect UK user data and also responded inadequately to the hack in 2023.
