Last year, 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ:ME) said the company learned that a threat actor accessed several individual 23andMe.com accounts through credential stuffing. The company said the hacker accessed roughly 14,

A law firm representing about 5,000 23andMe customers who demanded arbitration after hackers obtained sensitive data from the genetic testing company told a California federal judge last week that it has serious qualms about a proposed $30 million class action settlement.

Me first announced in Oct. 2023 that the site had been the victim of a “credential stuffing attack,” during which hackers were able to use previously obtained login credentials to access its customers’ accounts.

Me will pay $30 million to settle a data breach lawsuit from the 2023 credential stuffing attack that exposed the personal and genetic information of 6.9 million customers.

In November 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed against the genetic testing company, 23andMe. The plaintiffs alleged that a data breach resulted

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed in the data breach.

Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach in 2023.

Me has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a data breach exposed the personal information of 6.9 million customers.