23andMe, established in 2006, fell victim to a data breach in 2023 that compromised personal information of nearly seven million customers. The breach involved hackers accessing sensitive data such as family trees and geographic locations using old passwords, although DNA records remained secure. Following this significant setback, the company filed for bankruptcy, having never turned a profit since going public in 2021. Subsequently, a lawsuit was settled related to privacy failures. The California attorney general advised affected customers on safeguarding their personal information.
Founded in 2006, the company went public in 2021 but has never turned a profit.
In September, the firm settled a lawsuit alleging that it failed to protect the privacy of nearly seven million customers whose personal information was exposed.
In some cases, hackers gained access to family trees, birth years and geographic locations, by using customers' old passwords.
The California attorney general issued a customer alert with instructions on how to delete your data and destroy your sample.
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