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Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a from customers impacted by a 2023 when hackers accessed the of millions of users on the platform.The complaint accused 23andMe of failing to adequately protect users' information and failing to sufficiently notify users of the breach, as well as other claims. The company denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreement.
The spokesperson also noted that around $25 million of the settlement and related legal expenses are expected to be covered by cyber insurance coverage.The profile information of some 23andMe customers started appearing on the dark web in October 2023, with bad actors offering compilations of the information for a price. Names, birth years, genders, ancestry and certain other non-DNA profile information were reportedly among the details that were published.
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