23andMe Settles Genetic Data Breach

23andMe is resolving investigations and consumer claims tied to its 2023 breach, which exposed account, ancestry, and some genetic information connected to roughly 6.

9 million customers. More than 40 states agreed to an $18 million settlement after the company entered bankruptcy, while a separate bankruptcy-court agreement established a $46.75 million fund for eligible U.S. consumers. The state resolution also emphasizes stronger security controls, risk assessments, limits on future data use, and preservation of consumer deletion and research-use revocation rights.